Listening to Tang Hao and Tang San, Tang Chen could not understand everything from just a few words, but he roughly grasped that Spirit Hall was behind all of this.
Tang Hao continued, "About two years ago, we came to Sea God Island. I brought Xiao San here to train as well. Zhao Zilong was about the same age as Xiao San, even half a year younger, yet his talent was unbelievably monstrous. If Xiao San wanted to defeat him, he had to undergo the trials of Sea God Island."
"After I arrived on Sea God Island, the Seahorse Pillar told me that if I completed its trials, perhaps the Sea God could help regenerate my severed arm. So I chose to undergo the trials as well."
"Until a year ago, news came that the Clear Sky Sect had been wiped out. It was not just the Clear Sky Sect—long before that, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had also been destroyed. Aside from Spirit Hall growing stronger by the day, the greater reason was that the Upper Three Sects fought separately. The current New Seven Great Sects were all selected by Spirit Hall and obeyed its commands. It could be said that Spirit Hall now controlled over seventy percent of the soul masters on the Douluo Continent. Their intentions are truly vile."
After hearing Tang Hao, Tang Chen remained silent for a long time. He had never expected such enormous changes to have taken place on the Douluo Continent after several decades.
The Clear Sky Sect's destruction was entirely because he had been controlled by the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat all these years. Although Tang Chen dearly wished to rebuild the Clear Sky Sect, now was not the time. His body had