As he smashed Tang Kun into a pulp, he wiped away blood and tears and blood-snot, roaring over and over, "Give me back Ah Yin! Give me back Ah Yin! Give me back Ah Yin! Aaaaaah!"
The other elders watched as Elder Tang Kun was beaten into a pulp, stunned and horrified. A bone-deep chill seized them.
"Beast! You beast!"
They had never imagined the matter could become this serious. When Tang Hao went mad, he could be this ruthless!
Tang Hao whipped around, his eyes fixed on them as if they were his enemies. "Ah Yin's death has something to do with all of you. You're all going to die!"
"Tang Hao, you beast! For this demoness, are you really going to kill your uncles?" the Third Elder shouted.
"Hahahahaha! Ah Yin is dead. I have no heart left to explain myself. As for the Clear Sky Sect, I can rebuild it once it's gone. As for all of you, I'll smash you into pulp and eat every last bite!"
Tang Hao had long since lost all restraint. He swung the Clear Sky Hammer, intent on smashing the elders into pulp one by one and eating them.
The first was Seventh Elder Tang Lie. He had been the loudest in his abuse!
Just as Tang Hao was about to smash Tang Lie to death, Tang Yuehua's voice rang out. "Brother Hao, Ah Yin isn't dead."
At some point, Tang Yuehua had rushed over too. She held Ah Yin in her arms, feeling for the faint breath beneath her nose.
Hearing that Ah Yin wasn't dead, Tang Hao stopped and hurried over, rudely snatching Ah Yin from Tang Yuehua's arms.
"Brother Hao..." Ah Yin slowly opened her eyes and woke, her voice weak.
"Hahahahaha! Ah Yin, my Ah Yin is still alive! My Ah Yin is still alive!" Tang Hao was so excited he pulled Ah Yin even tighter into his arms.
"Brother Hao, don't be so impulsive again. If Ah Yin had really died, her Soul Ring and Soul Bone would have appeared," Tang Yuehua said patiently, gazing at the man she loved with a heart full of pain.
What was more, when a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast died, the Soul Ring and Soul Bone it left behind could be seen for miles around.
Ah Yin said weakly, "Brother Hao, have you forgotten? With my Blue Silver Domain, I'm immortal. The highest secret of the Blue Silver Domain is called 'Wildfire never dies, and the spring breeze brings it back to life.' No matter how grievous my injuries, I can recover within forty-nine days. Even a hole through my heart wouldn't change that."
"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm." Tang Hao nodded repeatedly.
Not far away, Tang Lie made another fatal mistake and shouted, "Why won't this adopted girl of yours just die? If you died, it'd all be over! I say you just don't want to die—you're still bewitching that beast Tang Hao!"
Hearing those words, Tang Hao was about to set Ah Yin down and smash Tang Lie to death.
Ah Yin held him back, a gentle green light shining over him. "Brother Hao, you can't keep making one mistake after another. Look around you."
Tang Hao looked around at the piles of pulp and the pixelated mess that was Fifth Uncle Tang Kun. He gradually came to his senses.
For Ah Yin's sake, he had smashed into a pulp the uncle he loved most after his father.
And the Clear Sky Sect disciples from earlier—some had been reduced to two-dimensional drawings, while others had been maimed.
"I..."
A pained look crossed Tang Hao's face, full of despair and devastation.
"What have I done..."
Tears slid down Tang Hao's face once more.
Tang Lie thought Tang Hao had finally come to his senses and hurriedly shouted, "Hao'er, you've finally come around! Hurry and kill that demoness. She bewitched you, and that's why you accidentally killed your Fifth Uncle!"
"Shut up! Ah Yin didn't bewitch me!"
At the mention of Ah Yin, Tang Hao seemed to lose his senses again and roared.
Tang Lie's eyes widened. Hadn't Tang Hao come to his senses? What was going on now?
Looking at Tang Kun, beaten into a pulp, Tang Hao immediately knelt down and made another decision that went against his ancestors.
"Ancestors of the Clear Sky Sect, your unfilial descendant has failed you, but I can't lose Ah Yin! The Clear Sky Sect gave birth to me, raised me, and gave me everything, yet I've done something worse than a beast. Tang Hao has wronged the Clear Sky Sect and its ancestors. To make amends, I'll gather high-level Soul Rings for the Clear Sky Sect in the future whenever I can. Even if the Clear Sky Sect casts me out, the blood of the Clear Sky Sect will still flow through my veins. I'll help the Clear Sky Sect wipe out all its enemies from the shadows!"
The Clear Sky Sect elders realized that Tang Hao was going to get them all killed!
Tang Lie still hadn't learned his lesson. "The Clear Sky Sect doesn't need that! What you need to do is kill that demoness, then take your own life. Otherwise, you'll never be worthy of the sect!"
Ah Yin looked at Tang Hao and said gently, "Brother Hao, maybe I should just die..."
Tang Hao howled like a madman as he swore, "No! Ah Yin, if you dare kill yourself, I'll slaughter everyone under heaven and make the whole world join you in death!"
How could kindhearted Ah Yin allow such a thing to happen? "Brother Hao, don't! I promise I'll live. Please, don't do this!"
The Clear Sky Sect elders were practically spitting blood, pounding the ground again and again.
"Aaaaaah—"
"How could the Clear Sky Sect give birth to such a beast!"
He'd rather make all of humanity die with him than lose a demoness!
The power of love-driven madness was terrifying beyond belief!
Even Tang Yuehua hadn't expected the man she secretly loved to say something like that.
If only he could say that to her!
Then Tang Hao picked Ah Yin up and turned to the Clear Sky Sect elders for one last time. "Uncles, big brother, little sister, we're leaving. No matter how this world treats us, we won't regret it. Ah Yin and I will be together forever. I hope you can give us your blessing!"
"Bah! You beast, you still want our blessing? Go eat shit!" Tang Lie was still the most worked up.
The other elders wore expressions of disappointment and pain, along with overwhelming anger.
"Get out! All of you, get out!"
"We're not leaving! If you've got the guts, kill us all!"
"Brother Hao, you've truly disappointed us."
"Brother Hao..."
Looking at his family's faces, then at the girl in his arms, Tang Hao once again went against his ancestors and chose the girl in his arms.
With an expression that showed he would never regret it, he strode away.
The Clear Sky Sect disciples were left amid the ruins.
Tang Lie threw his head back and wailed, "Heavens! What did our Clear Sky Sect do to deserve giving birth to such a beast who defies all justice?"
The other elders asked the heavens the same question. A descendant who had once seemed destined to surpass Sect Master Tang Chen had instead taken the path of betraying his teacher and ancestors.
They had thought that if they merely pretended to imprison Ah Yin, there would be no problem with making her into a Soul Ring and Soul Bone later. But Tang Hao had seemed to have a donkey kick his brain—he wouldn't listen, and had even turned his hand against the Clear Sky Sect.
The Second Elder rose and cried out in anguish, "Father, can you see this? Your grandson has gone mad, and we can't deal with him! Who knows how much more harm he'll do to the Clear Sky Sect? If you were still alive, answer your descendants!"
Tang Chen, already possessed by the Nine-Headed Bat King, couldn't hear him.
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