When He Was Level Sixty, His Father Was at Fault; at Level Ninety, Could You Admit Your Guilt?! And This Was Called Forbearance?

Previously, he had merely been slightly outmatched by someone of his generation—not even truly defeated—

yet he had fallen into a slump for two whole days!

He had deeply questioned his own strength.

If not for Dugu Bo's guidance afterward,

he might have become the first Child of Destiny in history whose Dao heart collapsed from self-doubt.

This time was no different.

After being severely wounded by his opponent, aside from worrying about Xiao Wu's safety,

he was overcome by an intense sense of defeat.

Having just returned from Sea God Island, after consecutively defeating Title Douluo and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast,

he had long been filled with unprecedented arrogance.

Who would have thought that he would suffer such a devastating blow the moment he left the island,

ending up utterly bedraggled and even nearly dying on the spot!

Then, upon discovering that his opponent was actually his great-grandfather, he immediately began brainwashing himself,

instantly accepting that entire set of self-consoling excuses.

Such behavior...

left the Heavens and Myriad Worlds at a loss for how to judge him. To call him shameless seemed unfair, since he always appeared righteous and dignified on the surface.

But to say he possessed any sense of shame...

looking back at everything Tang San had done, it was truly difficult to agree with that against one's conscience.

If one had to use a single term to describe Tang San precisely, perhaps only "double standards" would fit.

When dealing with others and demanding things of himself, Third Brother had always followed two entirely different sets of rules.

If others were strong, they must have relied on external factors.

And if they surpassed him, it could only have been a lucky coincidence!

Yet when he surpassed everyone else and stood peerless among his generation, there were always only two reasons:

extraordinary talent and relentless diligence.

This was the Child of Destiny of the Douluo World!

Did any of your worlds possess such an "outstanding" figure?

[The instant Tang San saw his great-grandfather, he dropped to his knees with a thud and began pouring out his grievances in a tearful voice.]

[He begged Tang Chen to seek justice for his father!]

[He then recounted Tang Hao's experiences and everything the Clear Sky Sect had done.]

[When he had first gone to the Clear Sky Sect, he had appeared to shoulder all the pressure himself,]

[declaring before the entire sect, "A father's debts shall be repaid by his son!"]

[Yet that had merely been his temporary forbearance!]

[In his heart, he had never believed that his father was at fault! The entire Clear Sky Sect was the one at fault!]

[He had only been forced to lower his head for the time being because he was too weak and alone!]

[Now that his great-grandfather stood before him, if he did not air his grievances now, then when would he?!]

The Heavens and Myriad Worlds: ...

This style of his was truly one of a kind!

Where had that loyal and devoted appearance gone when he faced the sect back then?

Where was that stance of declaring, no matter how much hardship he endured, "Alive, I am a member of the sect; dead, I am a soul of the sect"?

So it had all been an act, huh?

You never believed your father was wrong in the first place, did you?

Then why did you make that trip to the Clear Sky Sect at all?

If you truly believed your father was blameless, why had you publicly said, "A father's debts shall be repaid by his son"?

Had Tang San returned the Soul Bones and left immediately back then,

the Heavens and Myriad Worlds would at least have praised him for daring to take responsibility for his convictions.

Since he believed his father was not at fault, he should have stuck to that belief to the end!

But back then, he had clearly claimed that he was going to "bear thorns and plead guilty."

Now that he had met his ancestor, he changed his tune and claimed, "My father was not at fault"?

What kind of logic was that?!

If it had been Xiao Yan, if he believed you were wrong when he was a Dou Zhe, he would still stand by that belief after becoming a Dou Sheng.

If it had been Lin Dong, if he said he would beat you to a pulp in the Body Tempering Realm, he would still say he would beat you to a pulp after breaking through to the Creation Realm.

But when it came to you—

At Soul Emperor: "My father is guilty. I am willing to bear his punishment in his place."

At Spirit Douluo: "My father is blameless. Ancestor, you must seek justice!"

No matter how one looked at it, such conduct was revolting!

The Heavens and Myriad Worlds had not never seen deeply scheming people before.

Some old foxes with profound designs could even display a certain unique charm.

But Tang San truly stood in a category of his own; the word "sinister" was nowhere near enough to describe him.

How should one put it...

This man always possessed an inexplicable self-assurance.

At level fifty-nine, he might truly have believed that his father was at fault,

because the sect had been filled with powerful experts at the time.

But once his strength improved and he gained someone to rely on,

he immediately changed his stance and decided that his father had done nothing wrong,

blaming everything on the Clear Sky Sect's cowardice and incompetence,

which had led to his father's crippling injuries and his mother's failure to revive!

This was not deliberate deception, but a natural shift in mentality after his strength increased!

At this moment, the Heavens and Myriad Worlds finally understood

the true meaning of "At level sixty, my father was at fault; at level ninety, could you admit your guilt?"

He was only in his eighties and was already planning to seek justice.

What would happen once he reached level ninety?

Douluo World—

The sight of Tang San kneeling caused an uproar everywhere.

It was not because he had knelt before his great-grandfather,

but because everyone clearly remembered

what sort of attitude he had displayed when he first went to the Clear Sky Sect.

Back then, he had seemed so sincere and earnest,

with that resolute expression of atoning for his father's sins, that determination to obtain the sect's forgiveness no matter what!

His act had been so convincing!

And now, you suddenly told them that it had all been a pretense?

That deep down, you had always believed your father was completely blameless!

That all that behavior at the Clear Sky Sect had merely been a temporary expedient because you were too weak!

Such two-faced conduct sent chills through the hearts of the Douluo Continent's viewers.

After all, Tang San had long presented himself to the world as open and upright.

But all the evidence revealed by the projection now showed that Tang San's true nature and outward appearance

were practically two entirely different people!

On the surface, he was righteous and dignified,

but in secret, he was skilled with poisons and adept at hidden weapons.

He appeared capable of admitting his mistakes and correcting them,

brave enough to shoulder responsibility, yet it was all merely temporary forbearance when he lacked strength.

Outwardly, he looked every bit the warrior of pure love,

but when one counted carefully, no one even knew how many women he had become entangled with.

Just his exploitation of Hu Liena on Hell Road, followed by their later reunion,

showed that he had always discarded her once he was done using her.

His whole principle was that as long as he did not take things further, it still counted as pure love...

This...

Ultimately, it depended on how one defined the words "pure love,"

but there was truly no defense for those two previous actions!

At this moment, the people of the Douluo World could not help but begin to reflect:

Did the Heaven Dou Empire faction represented by Tang San truly stand for justice?

Was Spirit Hall truly the embodiment of evil?

The only thing truly worth criticizing them for

might have been the destruction of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

But in other respects, for ordinary commoners,

the benefits brought by Spirit Hall might far surpass those of the two great empires!

After all, the imperial system existed in essence to serve the noble class!

However, for ordinary people who were not even Spirit Masters,

they ultimately had no right to judge right and wrong.

No matter what world one lived in, only the strong possessed the right to speak, and only the victors could write history.

Meanwhile,

within the Heaven Dou Empire,

the elders of the Clear Sky Sect wore faces as dark as water.

Anyone who was slandered before the sect leader from two generations ago

would inevitably feel displeased.

What was more, Tang San's behavior before Tang Chen was completely different from how he had acted when he first entered the sect!

He had actually declared before their ancestor that he had never believed his father was at fault!

If that was the case...

why had he gone out of his way to visit the Clear Sky Sect back then?

Why not wait until he was powerful enough and come directly to their door?

If he had only wanted to return the Soul Bones, he could simply have put them down and left.

He could have told Tang Xiao plainly:

"My father is blameless!"

Could Tang Xiao possibly have forcibly detained him?

It was you who had voluntarily told Tang Xiao that you wished to confess your father's guilt in his place.

It was you who personally said that a father's debts should be repaid by his son. When had we ever forced you in the slightest?

Yet before Tang Chen, you freely accused everyone in the sect!

Such conduct was truly chilling!