An Unforeseen Calamity
The Heaven Dou Empire is located 300 miles east of its capital, Heavenly Heaven Dou City.
Surrounded by mountains, with steep, rocky peaks standing tall, the scenery is magnificent.
This mountain range is quite unique, with most of the peaks being very steep, and streams flowing continuously between the mountains.
Speaking of this mountain range, not only in the entire Heaven Dou Empire, but even in Heaven Dou City, not many people know about it, let alone pay attention to it.
Compared to Sunset Forest, which is also located east of Heaven Dou City but is only about a hundred miles away, this place is far too desolate.
Not only are there no Soul Beast resources like those in the Sunset Forest, but the vegetation here is also just some low shrubs with tall trees occasionally dotting the landscape.
If Ling Yi to come to this mountain range, an ancient poem would naturally come to mind:
Birds have vanished from the mountains, and human tracks have disappeared from the paths.
The scenes described by the ancients do indeed exist.
However, on this day, a series of booming thunderclaps suddenly resounded in this desolate mountain range.
The commotion was so great that even the Heaven Dou City and Sunset Forest, hundreds of miles away, could vaguely sense something.
Unlike the bewildered state of everyone in "Heaven Dou City," from the emperor to the common people, the usually ferocious Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in "Sunset Forest" were now cowering, burying their heads, and trembling with fear of something.
Of course, there are also those who are unruly.
For example, beneath a mountain peak shrouded in thick white fog and emitting a faint smell of sulfur, a purple dragon with horns on its head, instead of being afraid, roared to the sky in a rage as if it had been provoked.
At the same time, hundreds of miles away, in an unnamed mountain range, atop a solitary peak thousands of feet high, a massive, pitch-black hammer over a hundred meters tall suddenly appeared and slammed upwards into the sky.
Judging by its power, this hammer blow seems to be aimed at shattering the sky.
"Clang—!"
The sound of a sharp blade being drawn also suddenly appeared, resounding at a height of 1,200 feet, and quickly spreading in all directions.
In the sky, a golden giant sword, also a hundred feet long, appeared out of nowhere and stood at a height of twelve hundred feet, its tip pointing straight down, meeting the hundred-foot giant hammer crashing down from the thousand-foot-tall solitary peak.
"Bite--"
The moment the two colossal beings collided, an extremely faint sound rang out. The contrast was so stark that if anyone were watching the battle, even Soul Douluo, they would probably feel so uncomfortable that they wanted to vomit blood.
The next instant, a visible ripple silently appeared at the point where the tip of the golden greatsword met the surface of the jet-black hammer, and in the blink of an eye, it swept outwards violently.
Under the terrifying ripples comparable to a Category 17 hurricane, the thick fog and white clouds along the way were shattered, the grass and shrubs on the rocky mountains were blown away layer by layer, and the ancient trees rooted in the cliffs were broken in half. Some of the pebbles and rocks of different sizes fell directly into the ravine below, while others were swept up in mid-air and flew around, hitting the mountain walls with a crackling sound.
High in the sky, the collision between the pitch-black giant hammer and the gleaming golden giant sword continued. As time passed, isolated peaks and rocky mountains began to collapse in the vast mountain range, with large chunks of the mountain falling down and crashing into the rushing mountain streams below.
Time passed slowly, and as the highest peak in the center of the mountain range dropped by a hundred meters, a majestic man holding a giant hammer stood atop the solitary peak, looking straight ahead at a point several hundred meters away.
There, a handsome man with six golden wings on his back stood in mid-air.
If any senior figures in the Soul Master World were here, they would immediately recognize the identities of the two.
"Clear Sky Douluo" - Tang Chen!
Angel Douluo – Qian Daoliu!
Qian Daoliu his head and glanced at the shattered golden shoulder armor on his shoulder, his eyes flickering slightly.
His gaze then fell upon Tang Chen, hundreds of meters away, whose imposing aura surpassed even the towering peak beneath his feet Qian Daoliu composed and calmly stated:
"I lost this battle."
"Just as you said before the battle, until I defeat you, no one below me, belonging to the Spirit Hall, will ever set foot on this mountain again—!"
The volume of an ordinary person's voice was so clear that it echoed in every corner of this mountain range.
As the sound echoed, Qian Daoliu's six golden wings fluttered, and he transformed into a streak of light, disappearing into the sky in the blink of an eye.
At the summit of the solitary peak, Tang Chen silently gazed in the direction Qian Daoliu gone, his eyes revealing a resolute expression.
With all worries about the future eliminated, no matter how the Clear Sky Sect develops in the future, at least there is a way out here.
Otherwise, based on Tang Chen's understanding of his son Tang Zhen, if his eldest grandson Tang Xiao and youngest grandson Tang Hao became Titled Douluo, especially since Tang Hao had talent comparable to his own, he probably wouldn't be satisfied with the achievement of "the number one sect in the world".
If it really comes to that, the Clear Sky Sect might very well launch a challenge against the Spirit Hall, which has been the number one power on the Douluo Continent for thousands of years.
He knew his son Tang Zhen's personality all too well: domineering, assertive, and unwilling to admit defeat, yet not reckless. His domineering and assertive nature was based on his own certain advantages.
Tang Hao, the grandson, has inherited his father Tang Zhen's personality completely, and is even more domineering!
In terms of Martial Soul cultivation, Tang Hao, wielding the "Clear Sky Hammer," always adopts a forceful style of overwhelming others with brute force, regardless of the enemy he faces. Even if the opponent is stronger than him, he will still confront them head-on, determined to defeat them.
If the Clear Sky Sect were to develop to a certain extent, given the personalities of Tang Zhen and his son Tang Hao, a war between the Clear Sky Sect and the Spirit Hall would be inevitable.
Of course, although Tang Chen had foreseen all of this, he did not intend to stop them.
Deep down, Tang Chen was also a domineering person, but after reaching the lofty and lonely realm, he gradually restrained his sharp edge.
In other words, none of the Tang Family whose Martial Soul is the "Clear Sky Hammer" are not assertive or domineering!
Tang Chen felt that leaving this one way out for his descendants before embarking on the uncertain path of seeking the gods was enough; the rest was up to them to do as they pleased.
Tang Chen "Tang Chen Clear Sky Douluo," brought glory to the Clear Sky Sect, but the Clear Sky Sect cannot have only one "Clear Sky Douluo."
With Tang Chen as his backer, it will be difficult for the Clear Sky Sect to produce a new Clear Sky Douluo. How can the Clear Sky Hammer, which has not been tempered by blood and fire, reach the pinnacle of the Soul Master World?
With this thought in mind, a biting north wind blew by, and Tang Chen disappeared from the top of the solitary peak.
A golden streak of light swept across the Sunset Forest a thousand feet above the ground, when suddenly a powerful and domineering roar resounded from below.
"Buzz—!"
The feather-shaped, golden, transparent sword light flashed and disappeared in an instant, and the roar from the forest and mountains below came to an abrupt halt.
After a long while, the sky had long since returned to its azure blue, with fluffy white clouds drifting and ethereal, before a low, suppressed groan of pain finally broke through the air.
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