He's Still Just a Child

The Heaven Dou Empire's commander followed up in a deep voice, "Back when Evil Soul Masters brought disaster upon the continent, it began with humans and beasts intermingling and bloodlines becoming twisted. Today, Tang Hao has set this vile precedent. If he is not severely punished, the continent will never know peace again!"

The elders of the other two Upper Three Sects also spoke up in succession.

An old man from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect stroked his beard, his tone grave. "No matter how gifted Tang Hao may be, he cannot place himself above human ethics and righteousness. Coexisting with a Soul Beast is already a betrayal of humanity. The entire continent should take this matter as a warning."

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elder was even harsher. "As a family of Beast Martial Souls, we understand the limits of bloodlines better than anyone! This is not fusion—it is degeneration! From this day onward, Tang Hao is an outcast of the entire Soul Master world!"

One force after another voiced their opinions, and public sentiment completely turned to one side.

Everyone regarded Tang Hao as a demon who had betrayed humanity. None of the former glory of the "Clear Sky prodigy" remained.

Just as the crowd's fury peaked and the voices of condemnation began to fade,

At that moment, everyone's gazes turned in unison toward the figure standing at the center of the battlefield.

The woman wore a black-and-red, gold-trimmed adjudication robe. Its hem was stained with rainwater and blood, yet it did nothing to diminish the icy majesty surrounding her.

She stood tall, her features striking. Her phoenix eyes were sharp as blazing torches, and scorching glazed flames wreathed her body. Even standing there silently, she radiated an oppressive authority that needed no anger to inspire fear.

She was the head of Spirit Hall's Adjudication Department, a Rank 91 assault-type Title Douluo—Thousand-Hand Douluo, Bibi Dong.

She was Qian Chongguang's right-hand woman, personally cultivated by him, and one of the core executors of the plan he had left behind.

In her arms, she held a swaddled infant. The baby had only been born recently and slept with its eyes closed. Its features bore the exact same outline as the infant Tang Hao had taken with him when he fled.

This was one of Tang Hao's Twins, the child he had personally abandoned in order to survive the battle.

A deathly silence instantly fell over the entire scene.

The way everyone looked at the infant changed.

There was wariness, disgust, and undisguised killing intent, but not the slightest trace of pity.

"Thousand-Hand Douluo, this child cannot be allowed to live!"

The captain of the Star Luo Empire's Royal Soul Master Corps was the first to step forward, his voice heavy. "His father, Tang Hao, is a Human Traitor, while his mother is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast! He is an abomination born from the breeding of human and Soul Beast! Keeping him alive means keeping a future disaster. If something happens later, who will bear that responsibility?"

"That's right!"

The Heaven Dou Empire's Soul Master commander immediately echoed him, his voice full of viciousness. "The lessons of the Wolf Bandit disaster are still fresh! This kind of bastard born with Soul Beast blood should be executed on the spot, so that no future trouble remains!"

"Perhaps he is the catalyst for that demon's return! If we do not eliminate him today, he will surely become a grave calamity in the future!"

Cries for execution rose one after another. The experts present all stepped forward, Soul Power surging around them as they openly and covertly sealed off Bibi Dong's retreat. Clearly, they intended to force her to dispose of the infant on the spot.

But Bibi Dong merely lowered her eyes and gently adjusted the swaddling clothes, holding the baby more tightly.

She raised her gaze and swept it across the crowd. Her phoenix eyes, burning with glazed fire, narrowed slightly, and a scorching pressure instantly spread outward. With a single look, she silenced the previously clamorous crowd.

"Everyone, I know what you fear."

Her voice was clear, carrying the piercing force of burning flames. Each word landed with weight and reached every ear present. "But angels cherish life, and the child is innocent. What do the monstrous crimes committed by his father have to do with an infant who has only just been born and cannot even open his eyes?"

"Just as Spirit Hall has children under its jurisdiction who awaken dark or evil-attributed Martial Souls every year. Yet so long as they do not commit evil, harm commoners, or engage in anti-human acts, Spirit Hall has never condemned them in the slightest. Nor would we casually decide someone's life or death based on their Martial Soul attributes or bloodline."

She paused and brushed her hand over the adjudication emblem engraved with angelic patterns on her chest. Her tone carried unquestionable confidence. "Over the past three years, while I have overseen the Adjudication Department, I have executed seventy-three internal stewards who oppressed commoners, embezzled Soul Rings, and harmed their comrades. I have purged sixteen Spirit Hall branches that colluded with Evil Soul Masters and preyed upon the local people. The entire continent has witnessed this. When has Spirit Hall ever tolerated acts that defy heaven, violate morality, or oppose humanity?"

"Spirit Hall will protect this child. I will personally watch him grow, teach him to distinguish right from wrong, teach him to uphold the righteous path, and teach him what it means to protect humanity. If he truly goes astray in the future and becomes Fallen into Demonic Path, there will be no need for any of you to act. I, Bibi Dong, will be the first to personally kill him. There will be no leniency whatsoever."

Her words were flawless. They made Spirit Hall's bottom line clear, defended Spirit Hall's positive image as a champion of righteousness and fairness, and left everyone else with nothing to say.

The crowd looked at one another, unable to utter a single word of rebuttal.

The current Spirit Hall was no longer the filthy, ambitious sect it had been in the original story.

Having become the leader of such a large organization, how could he possibly keep its flawed old structure without reforming it to achieve what he wanted?

With the iron laws established by Qian Chongguang, discipline throughout Spirit Hall was strict. Its protection of commoners and extermination of Evil Soul Masters had earned universal praise across the continent.

No matter how wary they were of this child, they could not force Spirit Hall to kill an innocent infant in front of the continent's foremost experts and earn themselves the condemnation of "mistreating an orphan" and "being narrow-minded."

"Since Spirit Hall's Adjudicator Elder has spoken, we will say no more. We only hope Spirit Hall does not lose control of the situation and can properly educate this child," the Flame Will Dynasty's representative reminded them.

The captain of the Star Luo Empire's Soul Master Corps fell silent for a moment before finally nodding slowly in acknowledgment.

Although the Heaven Dou Empire's Soul Master commander still looked gloomy, he could only take a helpless step back and stop insisting on his opinion.

"Then this matter is settled."

Bibi Dong's voice rang out once more, carrying unquestionable authority.

Though the experts present still harbored doubts, they could only accept Bibi Dong's firm stance.

After all, Spirit Hall's Adjudicator Elder was a renowned young powerhouse across the entire continent. No one dared to casually question her words.

The infant slept quietly in Bibi Dong's arms, as though completely unaware of everything happening around him.

In the end, the crowd gradually dispersed. The elders of the Clear Sky Sect also fled in disgrace. Their own family had produced such a massive scandal; they truly had no face left to meet the forces of the entire continent.

The representatives of the two empires also departed with their people. Before long, only the members of Spirit Hall remained in the barren mountains.

Rain still fell. Qian Daoliu, concealing his identity, came to Bibi Dong's side and looked at the infant in her arms. His eyes were filled with barely concealed grief and complexity. He had just lost his grandfather. Though he vaguely guessed that this was part of his grandfather's plan, he still could not suppress his emotions. In a hoarse voice, he asked, "Adjudicator Elder, Grandfather... did he truly leave just like that? What arrangements did Grandfather leave behind for this child?"

Bibi Dong lowered her head, her fingertips gently brushing over the infant's chest, before raising her eyes toward the depths of Douluo Continent's heavens.

She did not know what this old ancestor's scheme truly intended to accomplish. In any case, it was far more far-reaching than anyone had imagined.

"Rest assured, Grand Pontiff."

Bibi Dong gently adjusted the swaddling clothes, her tone calm yet unwavering. "Not a single step of the old ancestor's arrangements will go wrong. We only need to follow the plan he left behind."

No one noticed—nor could they have noticed with their strength—that the heavens above Douluo Continent had changed. More than a hundred Life lights, each carrying different auras and talents, descended like silent falling meteors. They passed through the planar blockade Qian Chongguang had just established and landed precisely in every corner of the continent.

As for what exactly they were, whether they were good or evil, human or another race, even Qian Chongguang himself did not know.

Some landed in a village beside Holy Soul Village. Some fell into the slums of Spirit City. Some entered the Star Dou Forest. Some arrived upon the icy plains of the Extreme North. Some descended into the abyss of Slaughter City...

The child in Bibi Dong's arms was one of them as well.

Or perhaps not.

Unlike those he had guided here, this child had been created by cloning and replicating Tang San.

It was equivalent to copying and pasting a brand-new Tang San.

When Tang San had been born, Qian Chongguang had gone through considerable trouble.

Still, it was far better than that God King Tang San from Douluo Dalu II, who had split his own daughter into three and stuffed her into different bodies.

As a result, everyone, including Tang Hao himself, believed that the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Blue Silver Emperor had given birth to Twins.