Tang Hao and Tang San Retired to Holy Soul Village

Once he caught up to Tang Hao.

Qian Daoliu condensed an Angel Holy Sword in his hand and suddenly launched an attack.

Facing Qian Daoliu's attack.

Tang Hao did not dare be careless. He directly detonated all nine rings.

Within a single month, Tang Hao had used Ring Detonation twice in succession. His old wounds had yet to heal when new ones were added, and after fleeing without rest for an entire month, his body had already reached its absolute limit.

The moment Ring Detonation was unleashed, blood immediately poured from Tang Hao's seven orifices. The blood vessels throughout his body burst, spraying blood everywhere and instantly dyeing his robes red.

Tang Hao paid it no heed. He used the Great Sumeru Hammer and collided head-on with the Angel Holy Sword.

However, Qian Daoliu was, after all, a Limit Douluo.

His attack was simply not something Tang Hao could withstand.

As Tang Hao watched the Clear Sky Hammer become covered in cracks beneath the Angel Holy Sword's slash, on the verge of shattering the next moment.

His face filled with despair.

Just then, an invisible blood-red mist descended from the sky and entered Tang Hao's body.

Tang Hao sensed it as well.

Without time to think, he directly poured that power in its entirety into the Clear Sky Hammer.

In an instant, the dense cracks on the Clear Sky Hammer vanished. The hammer turned completely blood-red and expanded with the wind until it was hundreds of zhang tall, directly surpassing the Angel Holy Sword Qian Daoliu had condensed.

With a loud roar, Tang Hao swung the enlarged Clear Sky Hammer and shattered the Angel Holy Sword into a sky full of golden light.

He also knocked Qian Daoliu back.

Once the strike ended, Tang Hao fled without a second thought.

Qian Daoliu did not pursue him. He stood frozen in midair, eyes wide with shock.

"Was that... Divine Power?"

Qian Daoliu muttered, unable to believe it for a moment.

The reason he had not immediately pursued and killed Tang Hao was that he had sensed a trace of Divine Power from Tang Hao just now, though it had only flashed by.

But as the Angel Statue's guardian and the God of Angels' representative, Qian Daoliu himself possessed a trace of the God of Angels' Divine Power. It had been granted to him by the God of Angels long ago, when he became the Angel Statue's guardian, and he could use it as well.

Angel Divine Power was extremely sensitive to Divine Power.

Just now, when he had exchanged blows with Tang Hao, Qian Daoliu had noticed that the Angel Divine Power within him reacted violently for an instant.

"Where did the Divine Power on Tang Hao come from? Could it be that he gained the favor of some god and received an inheritance?"

Watching Tang Hao flee into the distance, Qian Daoliu's expression shifted uncertainly as he considered whether to continue the pursuit and kill Tang Hao in one stroke.

"Still, with a god's protection, I may find it difficult to kill Tang Hao. If I continue pursuing him and anger that god, I could be in danger as well. Xiao Xue has not grown strong enough yet. She still needs my protection. Nothing can happen to me. Forget it. I will spare his life for now."

In the end, Qian Daoliu let out a soft sigh and decided to abandon the pursuit.

After making his decision, Qian Daoliu flew toward Spirit City, preparing to return to his Worship Hall.

After Tang Hao escaped.

He found a hidden place and remained concealed for several days.

Once he finally confirmed that Qian Daoliu was no longer pursuing him, he found a waterfall and planted Ah Yin's seed.

Then, he took his son Tang San and retired to a small nearby village called Holy Soul Village.

He returned to his old trade as a blacksmith.

Elsewhere.

Jin E led the Worship Hall's Fourth Consecrator and Fifth Consecrator, along with five Title Douluo elders from the Elder Hall, commanding an army of over ten thousand Spirit Hall Spirit Masters as they marched north in grand formation toward the Clear Sky Sect.

Ten days later, they set foot on the Clear Sky Sect's grounds.

Led by its newly appointed Sect Master, Tang Xiao, and assisted by the seven elders, the Clear Sky Sect gathered its own Tang clansmen and the affiliated four single-attribute clans of Strength, Break, Agility, and Defense to resist with all their might.

Spirit Hall sent the five Title Douluo elders of the Elder Hall to lead the assault.

Among them were Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei.

After treatment, their injuries had mostly healed. They had no intention of missing the war against the Clear Sky Sect. They also wanted revenge on Tang Hao, to mend their shattered Dao hearts.

Although they were surprised by the pressure of the five Title Douluo, the Clear Sky Sect's side was unafraid.

They had four Title Douluo as well.

Among them, Sect Master Tang Xiao, the Second Elder, and the Third Elder were all Level 91 Title Douluo, while the Chief Elder, though advanced in years, was a genuine Level 95 Super Douluo.

In terms of Title Douluo combat power, the Clear Sky Sect believed itself to hold a slight advantage.

At first, Spirit Hall's offensive was firmly held back by the Clear Sky Sect, unable to break through despite its prolonged assault.

Seeing this, everyone in the Clear Sky Sect was brimming with confidence, and their morale soared.

They even considered organizing a counterattack.

Until Jin E, a Level 98 Super Douluo, and the Fourth Consecrator and Fifth Consecrator, both Level 96 Super Douluo, appeared.

The formerly confident members of the Clear Sky Sect all trembled under the pressure of the three Super Douluo, whose cultivation far surpassed their own.

The Clear Sky Sect's confidence was utterly crushed, and its morale plummeted.

Meanwhile, Spirit Hall's morale surged like a rainbow.

Once the slaughter began, it never stopped.

The Clear Sky Sect suffered devastating casualties.

The sons of the Clear Sky Sect's Second Elder and Seventh Elder, as well as the Sixth Elder, were killed on the spot. Of the original thousand-plus Tang clansmen, only two to three hundred remained, while the affiliated Four Single-Attribute Clans suffered equally grievous losses.

At that point, the Clear Sky Sect's defeat became inevitable.

With no other choice, at the Chief Elder's suggestion, the Clear Sky Sect abandoned its existing sect grounds. At the cost of the Chief Elder's self-destruction, Tang Xiao led the remaining Tang clansmen of the Clear Sky Sect in retreating deep into the Snow Mountain.

Even so.

Spirit Hall still had no intention of abandoning its assault on the Clear Sky Sect.

The Spirit Hall army pursued them all the way and completely surrounded the entrance to the snowy peak where the Clear Sky Sect was located.

Remembering the Chief Elder's dying instructions, Tang Xiao had no choice but to painfully send out a message across the continent, announcing that Tang Hao had been expelled from the sect. From then on, the Clear Sky Sect would retreat deep into the Snow Mountain, seal its gates, and live in seclusion from the world.

After the Clear Sky Sect withdrew into the depths of the Snow Mountain.

Spirit Hall vented its fury upon the Four Single-Attribute Clans that had been cruelly abandoned by the Clear Sky Sect.

It only stopped after the Four Single-Attribute Clans announced their withdrawal from the Clear Sky Sect.

It was precisely because the Clear Sky Sect had abandoned them that the Four Single-Attribute Clans had no choice but to face Spirit Hall's attacks directly, causing them even greater losses. Countless people either died or surrendered.

Thus, after leaving the Clear Sky Sect, the Four Single-Attribute Clans came to hate the Clear Sky Sect intensely.

The war between Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect lasted for more than twenty days.

It ultimately ended in the Clear Sky Sect's crushing defeat.

During this time.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, also among the Upper Three Sects, as well as the Two Great Empires of Heaven Dou and Star Luo, all coldly watched the situation unfold.

After all, the crime of killing Spirit Hall's Pope and elders was too grave—so grave that the major powers did not dare utter a word.

They could not bear Spirit Hall's wrath.

The major powers all believed this was not something they could involve themselves in, fearing they would bring disaster upon themselves.

Thus, they all chose to watch coldly from the sidelines.

They merely observed in secret and dispatched spies to gather intelligence, keeping track of the event's developments.