Tang Hao Was Left Without a Home

That was right. Tang Xiao liked that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast too, yet he had chosen to step aside and let his younger brother have his love.

After all, Tang Xiao was already over fifty, while his younger brother was only fifteen years younger. He was still young.

None of the Clear Sky Sect elders had expected that Tang Hao, one of the Clear Sky Twin Stars, would fall for a Soul Beast. But they had never imagined the other star would fall for her too.

Tang Lie seized the opportunity to say, "No wonder. Not only is he your younger brother, but you like that Soul Beast too! Spirit Hall was right: that Soul Beast is a wicked seductress. She's ensnared both of the Clear Sky Twin Stars, all to overthrow human rule!"

Tang Xiao panicked. "Seventh Uncle, Ah Yin isn't a wicked seductress!"

Tang Lie waved a big hand. "Hmph! I don't care. If you still want to be a disciple of the Clear Sky Sect, if you don't want to bring shame upon the sect and its ancestors, you know what to do!"

Tang Yuehua cried out from the side, "Big Brother, it's only the position of Clear Sky Sect leader! Why don't you dare fight Spirit Hall?"

"Outrageous!"

The Second Elder was furious. He couldn't stand hearing one of their own disciples deny their ties to the Clear Sky Sect, much less suggest bringing the sect to ruin.

"Tang Yuehua, what are you trying to do?"

"Do you not want to be a Clear Sky Sect disciple? Do you want to bring the sect to ruin?"

"I'm not..."

Truthfully, Tang Yuehua didn't want to leave the Clear Sky Sect. It was her home. How could she possibly leave?

Tang Yuehua wasn't the only one. The Tang Hao brothers, Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, were both slaves to their sect. Otherwise, in the original story, Tang Hao wouldn't have wanted to return to the sect to atone for his sins, or even sent his half-human, half-beast child to atone in his place.

They would have been a thousand times unwilling to truly leave their sect.

"If not, then stay out of this! The sect doesn't need disciples who bring it calamity, no matter how talented they are. Even if he were my son, I'd make no exception!" Tang Lie dragged his own son into the argument.

When it came to devotion to the sect, Tang Lie—and even the other elders—were no less devoted than Tang Xiao. They were even more willing to bend.

At present, Tang Hao was like a rat in hiding. Nobody knew where he was, and even Spirit Hall couldn't find him.

Tang Yuehua could only look to Tang Xiao, hoping her big brother would protect their younger brother.

Tang Xiao was helpless. He shook his head. "Little sister, there's nothing we can do about this. Besides, Spirit Hall may be watching us. They might be waiting for us to make a move. The moment we do, they'll have an excuse to attack us. The other factions won't say a word. They might even help carve up the Clear Sky Sect."

Tang Yuehua's legs gave way, and she slumped to the ground, tears streaming from her eyes.

"Are we really only left with this choice?"

Tang Xiao said, "Whether it's for the sake of the sect or for their sake, this is the only way."

"Good, you understand. We could've spared ourselves all this pointless chatter." Tang Lie said.

Before long, the Clear Sky Sect issued a Proclamation.

"Clear Sky Sect disciple Tang Hao has fornicated with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and betrayed the sect. The previous sect leader died because of him. The Clear Sky Sect hereby declares that Tang Hao is to be expelled from the sect forever! He is no longer a disciple of the Clear Sky Sect! He is forever barred from joining the Clear Sky Sect! His surname Tang is also revoked! Drink this—"

This Proclamation directly confirmed that Tang Hao had been involved with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

The Proclamation also made the Clear Sky Sect's stance clear: traitors would never be tolerated.

On Douluo Continent, traitors were never treated with mercy. In particular, anyone who betrayed a family or sect they had joined as a disciple was despised by the entire continent.

The Clear Sky Sect went even further, stripping him of the Tang surname. Tang Hao could never turn his fortunes around; there was no chance he could ever return to the sect.

Before the Clear Sky Sect issued its Proclamation, Tang Hao had already learned what was happening. He knelt toward the sect, weeping and furious.

Waaaah...

"Father! I've failed you!"

"I've failed the sect!"

"I've brought shame upon the sect!"

"Spirit Hall, if you have a problem with me, come for me! A real man takes responsibility for his own actions. I've already left the Clear Sky Sect. What I did has nothing to do with my sect, so why are you relentlessly hounding them?"

Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin admired men like that, men who took responsibility for their own actions.

But when the Clear Sky Sect's Proclamation came out, he was stunned. He pressed his forehead to the ground and wept uncontrollably, tears streaming down his face, his upper lip curled up over his upper lip's bead. (PS: Lazy Goat's crying face.)

The Clear Sky Sect was his home. He had left the sect before, but he hadn't yet been officially expelled. He was still a Clear Sky Sect disciple, and could return whenever he wanted.

Now the Clear Sky Sect had shut its gates on him, leaving Tang Hao a man without a home.

How could he not be heartbroken? How could he not grieve?

A fresh, fragrant presence drew close to Tang Hao. A slender, pale hand rested on his shoulder, and a light, gentle voice rang out.

"Brother Hao, it's all my fault. If not for me, your uncle wouldn't have been angered to death, and the Clear Sky Sect wouldn't have abandoned you and expelled you, leaving you a man without a home."

"It's all my fault!"

Tang Hao didn't look at Ah Yin, his pure, spotless fairy of a wife. He continued to cry, clasping her hand.

"This isn't your fault, Ah Yin. It's mine. I was the one who did wrong!"

Tang Hao didn't dare harbor any resentment toward the sect for expelling him or taking back his surname. The fury that burned across the sky in his heart could only be directed at Spirit Hall.

If Spirit Hall hadn't pressured them, the Clear Sky Sect wouldn't have expelled him and taken away his home, leaving him a man with nowhere to go.

"Qian Xunji, you despicable bastard! This is all your fault!"

"Damn Spirit Hall! Tang Hao and I will never be reconciled!"

A fury that could burn across the sky surged through Tang Hao. He pulled out his Clear Sky Hammer and pointed it toward Spirit Hall.

He felt he had wronged the Clear Sky Sect, and didn't dare harbor the slightest resentment toward it. His hatred for Qian Xunji had reached a terrifying peak.

He wanted to storm Spirit Hall at once, flatten it with a single blow, cut off all five of Qian Xunji's limbs, and carve him into a human stump to pickle in a wine jar and torture forever, using him as a toilet every day.

Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin shook her head. "Brother Hao, I'm the one who wronged you. I don't want you to become a rat in the street, hounded by everyone, or be seen as a traitor by the whole world."

As she spoke, she lifted Tang Hao's hand and placed it against her neck, white as jade. "I'm willing to become your Soul Ring and Soul Bone. That way, no one in the world will say anything about you. You'll still be the Clear Sky Sect's finest disciple, the future Clear Sky Douluo."

"Besides, you'll meet an even better girl in the future. I only ask that you don't forget me, Brother Hao. As long as you remember me, that's enough."

"Do it, Brother Hao."

"No—"