Tang Hao's Image Collapses! His Hypocritical Facade!

Inside the Blue Gold Divine Kingdom, in the Sunset Forest.

The lashing continued.

Tang Hao, drenched in blood, gritted his teeth, his venomous gaze piercing through the myriad of whip shadows to fix on Gu Nian.

"Hahaha..."

He suddenly burst into laughter, his voice hoarse and frenzied.

"Do you see? Rank 8 on the Golden Ranking! That's me, Tang Hao!"

"Even if you kill me now, you can't change that fact! The rewards will descend any moment!"

He panted, the flames of revenge burning in his eyes.

"Once I receive the rewards and am Transformed... everything you've inflicted upon me today, I will one day..."

"Your 'one day'?"

Gu Nian's calm voice interrupted him.

"You won't have a 'one day'."

Before his words even fell, Gu Nian slowly raised his right hand.

As his palm lifted, the light of the entire Blue Gold Divine Kingdom seemed to converge into his palm.

The golden whip shadows lashing everywhere instantly froze, then dissolved into specks of light, vanishing into the air.

An aura more terrifying, more majestic, and carrying the weight of judgment than before enveloped the heavens and earth.

"Ninth Soul Skill, God King Judgment."

Hummm--!

A pure, ultimate Blue Gold Light Pillar shot up from Gu Nian's palm towards the sky, then cascaded down like a heavenly waterfall, completely engulfing Tang Hao.

Outside, Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan could only see a blinding blue light, unable to discern anything within.

But Tang Hao, at the center of the light, felt as if he had fallen into a boundless abyss.

There was no lashing here, no physical pain.

There was only his sealed memories, ruthlessly peeled open, appearing before his eyes scene by scene.

In the visions, he saw himself in his youth, and his equally heroic elder brother, Tang Xiao.

And that woman with long blue hair, gentle as water, Ah Yin.

He saw himself, how he used petty cleverness and schemes to win Ah Yin's favor in his competition with his elder brother.

That affection was mixed with too much competitiveness and showing off.

The scene shifted.

Disregarding his elder brother's and father's dissuasion, he insisted on bringing Ah Yin, whose identity was sensitive, back to the Clear Sky Sect.

He claimed it was to give Ah Yin a proper status, but in reality, it was to declare his sovereignty to the entire sect and satisfy his ridiculous vanity.

He even naively thought that once Martial Soul Hall came knocking, with the entire Clear Sky Sect backing him, he would be safe and sound.

He wanted the sect to take the blame for his personal choices.

The result was that the Old Sect Master, his father, was angered to death by him.

The entire Clear Sky Sect, due to his impulsiveness, was forced to seal its mountain gates and isolate itself from the world.

Tang Hao's soul trembled.

These past events, which he had deliberately forgotten or self-beautified, were now revealed in their bloody entirety, leaving him with no place to hide.

The judgment was not yet over.

The final scene froze on the twilight he could never forget in his life.

The Pope of Martial Soul Hall, Qian Xunji, along with two Titled Douluo, found him and Ah Yin, who had just given birth.

He saw himself, his eyes filled with hesitation and cowardice when facing a powerful enemy.

He did not choose to fight to the death immediately, but instead chose to let Ah Yin, a mother who had just given birth and was at her weakest, step forward voluntarily.

He naively believed that this would protect his wife and child.

It was this decision that drove Ah Yin to a dead end.

Ultimately, it led to that tragic sacrifice.

"No... it wasn't like this..."

In Tang Hao's spiritual world, his will roared madly.

"I love Ah Yin! I was trying to protect her!"

However, the light of judgment mercilessly reflected the deepest truth within his heart.

Selfishness, vanity, cowardice, shirking responsibility...

His so-called love, from beginning to end, was built upon his own desires.

His lifelong obsession, the reason he would stop at nothing to resurrect Ah Yin, was shattered at this moment.

His belief had collapsed.

Within the divine pillar of God King Judgment, Tang Hao's belief had already crumbled.

But he found no release.

Or rather, this judgment was never meant to set him free.

Above the Sky Screen, light and shadow flowed, and the scenes within the pillar of judgment were displayed without reservation to all living beings on the continent.

The world saw.

After Ah Yin's sacrifice, how the once spirited Clear Sky Douluo had become a slovenly drunkard who kept company with wine day in and day out.

In Holy Soul Village, within the dilapidated Blacksmith Shop.

Young Tang San, wearing ill-fitting tattered clothes, stood on tiptoe, struggling to cook a pot of thin porridge.

And his father, Tang Hao, lay on the bed, dead drunk, cursing incoherently. Occasionally, over trivial matters, he would scold and ignore the young child.

So-called fatherly love was as thin as a wisp of smoke during those years.

He abandoned himself, blamed heaven and earth, and vented all his failures and incompetence onto a child who needed care.

The scene shifted again.

Tang Hao left Holy Soul Village and began to wander the continent.

He was no longer the man infatuated with love, but had become a ruthless avenger.

He hunted members of Martial Soul Hall, regardless of their status, without asking for causes or consequences. As long as they were from Martial Soul Hall, they were on his kill list.

His methods were vicious and despicable: sneak attacks, poisoning, he used every trick in the book.

This was no longer revenge, but pure misplaced anger and venting.

He blamed the entire Martial Soul Hall for the failures in his life, using the blood of others to numb his inner cowardice and regret.

Finally, the scene froze to not long ago.

Tang Hao stood on a mountaintop, gazing in the direction of Sunset Forest, greediness flashing in his eyes.

He had learned of the existence of the Blue Silver God King Gu Nian, and of the body that surpassed the Blue Silver Emperor.

He harbored wicked intentions.

He wasn't thinking of seeking help, nor of cooperation.

Instead... to seize!

He wanted to kill Gu Nian, seize that God King Origin, and use it to resurrect his wife, Ah Yin.

For this, he would pay any price.

At this point, the scene ended.

Beneath the Sky Screen, the entire continent erupted in an uproar, then quickly fell into a strange silence.

This was... Clear Sky Douluo?

This was that legendary man who stood tall against the heavens?

Sunset Forest.

The judgment light pillar slowly dissipated.

"Thump!"

A dull thud.

Tang Hao knelt heavily on both knees, his proud head bowed deeply, his forehead touching the dusty ground.

His whole body trembled, not from pain, but from a shudder deep within his soul.

Under the God King Judgment, he saw his entire life clearly.

That so-called Deep Affection was merely possessiveness.

That so-called revenge was merely the Rage of the incompetent.

That so-called obsession was merely an excuse to escape reality.

His sins were heavy.

Before Gu Nian, who was Majestic like a Deity, he was as insignificant as an ant, a dirty ant, unworthy of living in this world.

He gave up all resistance, and even lost the courage to lift his head.