Tang Hao, Surrender-Qian Xunji Is All Around Us

In a valley nestled among the mountains of the Douluo Continent stood a lonely little wooden house.

Blue Silver Grass spread out from the house in every direction, covering the entire valley. The glittering blades looked like something out of a fairyland.

The sound of someone crying out in pain came from inside the house.

"Ah~ It hurts so much."

"Keep going, the baby's almost here. Push!"

"Ah—"

This was where Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin, had taken refuge for the time being. At this moment, Ah Yin was giving birth.

Outside, Tang Hao paced back and forth, stamping his feet and gritting his teeth, frantic with worry. For one thing, he was concerned about his wife giving birth. Every woman walked through the Ghost Gate when she delivered a child, and in the worst cases, both mother and baby could die.

For another, Tang Hao knew his wife wasn't truly human yet. She wasn't an animal, either, but a plant that had taken human form. She hadn't reached maturity and become truly human, so he had no idea what their child would be. He was afraid the baby might turn out to be some kind of monster.

A plant person?

A Blue Silver Grass person?

"The baby's here."

"Waaah~"

After the umbilical cord was cut, Tang San came into the world, wailing loudly.

A little while later, a midwife came out of the room carrying a basin and congratulated Tang Hao. "Congratulations! Your woman gave birth to a bouncing baby boy. Now you've got someone to carry on the family line."

"Thanks for your hard work," Tang Hao said with a smile.

"It wasn't hard, but you'll have to pay me a little extra for the trouble. It's no easy thing getting all the way out here." The midwife laughed.

"Of course, of course."

Still smiling, Tang Hao suddenly struck, snapping the midwife's neck and tossing her into a large pit he had dug beforehand.

Then, as if nothing had happened, he went into the wooden house to see whether his son was a Soul Beast or a plant person.

"Ah Yin, my Ah Yin, are you all right? Ah Yin!"

"Brother Hao, I'm fine..."

The Blue Silver Emperor held their son in her arms, her face glowing with happiness. She answered weakly, but with a hint of pride in her voice.

"Brother Hao, look at our child. I gave you a son. Isn't he adorable?"

Tang Hao leaned over for a look.

The baby in his wife's arms had wrinkled skin and looked so ugly that anyone would think he wasn't Tang Hao's own.

Whose baby was that ugly?

But the more Tang Hao looked at him, the more excited he became. He took the child and cried out in delight.

"Yeah, he's adorable. So adorable! And when he grows up, he'll definitely be as handsome as you."

"Hahahahaha... I, Tang Hao, have a son! I, Tang Hao, have a son..."

"You're my dad, I'm your son. Got that? You're my dad, I'm your son..."

The Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin, couldn't help laughing.

"Brother Hao, what do you think we should name our child?"

Tang Hao had never read much, so he scratched his head and pondered for a long time before finally coming up with an answer.

"I want to give him a simple name. Let's call him Tang San. It'll mean that the three of us can live together simply and happily."

As far as he was concerned, all they wanted was a simple, happy life together. They didn't want to face any more human hunters from across the continent.

"Mm, Tang San. My son's name is Tang San."

"His nickname will be Xiao San."

"Xiao San."

As he spoke, Tang Hao began teasing his son.

He didn't notice the strange look in the baby's eyes.

Holding his son, Tang Hao sat beside the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin. "You've really been through a lot, suffering alongside me."

The Blue Silver Emperor cupped Tang Hao's face, happiness written all over hers. "I told you, Ah Yin will never regret being with you. No matter what happens, it's worth it. I'll never regret it."

In this world where love stood above all else, love was everything.

As the saying went, love made even plain water filling.

Tang Hao was moved. "Thank you, Ah Yin. What more could a man ask for than a woman like you?"

"From now on, we'll go somewhere nobody knows us and live under assumed names. I'll work hard at the forge and make sure you have a good life."

"Mm, I believe in you, Brother Hao."

The Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin, naturally believed him completely.

Just as they were dreaming about their wonderful future, they suddenly sensed danger drawing near.

"Someone's caught up with us again. Ah Yin, how much have you recovered?"

"What?"

At his words, the Blue Silver Emperor's face turned pale. The various factions had kept pursuing them relentlessly, and now they had to flee again. When would this life ever end?

"Ah Yin, take care of Xiao San. I'll go deal with them!"

Tang Hao placed baby Tang San in Ah Yin's arms, grabbed his great iron hammer, and went outside.

He could clearly sense powerful fighters approaching from every direction. They were surrounded, and his grip tightened involuntarily around the Clear Sky Hammer.

"Tang Hao, you're surrounded. Give yourself up!"

"Tang Hao, surrender! Qian Xunji is all around us!"

"Tang Hao, consorting with a Soul Beast is a heinous crime, and you even had a beastly child! What punishment do you deserve? Aren't you afraid the child will grow into a terrifying creature like the Wolf Bandits?"

"Tang Hao, you're human, yet you've been coupling with a Soul Beast. Such depravity defies all order and reason! If you kill that Soul Beast and the little beast inside, you can still turn back!"

Faced with their relentless pressure, Tang Hao roared, radiating defiance. "I, Tang Hao, don't need a pack of you telling me what to do. Leave now, or I, Tang Hao, won't hold back!"

Tang Hao held nothing back. He released his eight Soul Rings, and the aura of a peak Soul Douluo surged into the sky. The terrifying fluctuations of Soul Power forced several Soul Douluo experts to retreat.

"As expected of the Clear Sky Sect's once-in-a-century genius. But today, you're bound to die here!"

"For the sake of a mere Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, you'll die without a shred of pity!"

"Attack together! Avoid taking him head-on if you can. Wear him down!"

Several figures rushed at Tang Hao, and dozens of Soul Skills shot toward him.

Tang Hao swung the Clear Sky Hammer with the force of a tiger, and no one could get near him. Whenever he found an opening, he hammered them with blow after blow, wounding several Soul Douluo.

For a time, they couldn't hurt Tang Hao in the slightest.

Tang Hao roared, radiating defiance. "You lot are nothing but trash. Even if you brought a Titled Douluo, it wouldn't matter. I haven't even used my full strength!"

Just then, a golden feather drifted down before his eyes, and a vast, powerful presence swept over him.

A golden halo appeared high in the sky, shining brilliantly. The next moment, it gradually unfolded into three pairs of golden wings, revealing the figure of a Six-Winged Angel.

In the Angel Martial Soul's hands appeared a human figure: a handsome, distinguished-looking middle-aged man dressed in golden ceremonial robes—the Pope of Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji.

The Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo present all dropped to one knee in salute.

"Your Holiness the Pope!"

Qian Xunji looked at Tang Hao, his voice cold and merciless.

"Your Battle Soul Hammer stands unrivaled, and the Clear Sky Sect towers above the rest. The heir of the greatest sect under heaven should not defy the natural order. Is it worth it?"

"Defy the natural order? Even if I, Tang Hao, defy heaven and resist its commands, so what? That's still better than you, Qian Xunji, pretending to be heaven itself!" Tang Hao replied without flinching.

Qian Xunji released his nine Soul Rings. "With a mere eight Soul Rings, why seek your own destruction? Tang Hao, hand her over, and Spirit Hall will help you explain everything!"

"If you want to hurt her, you'll have to step over my dead body first!"

"Obstinate fool!"