"Father, how could you say such a thing?"
"The Three Upper Sects are branches of the same tree, and we're on good terms with the Lower Four Sects as well. Who would dare stroke the tiger's whiskers?"
Tang Xiao could not understand why Tang Zhen had done this.
"Preparation brings success; a lack of it brings ruin."
"I hope this proves to be an unnecessary precaution, too, but I can't shake this unease in my heart."
"That unfilial son has been stirring up trouble again and again!"
"If I don't discipline him more strictly from now on, I'm afraid he'll bring a catastrophe down upon our Clear Sky Sect."
Tang Zhen was deeply worried. Tang Hao concerned him most of all; the man's head was filled with muscle.
Not only was he single-minded, he was especially prone to stubbornly clinging to his own reasoning.
"Brother Hao is young and hot-blooded. Once he's older, he'll understand the pains you've taken for him."
Tang Xiao could only offer Tang Zhen this consolation.
At the Clear Sky Sect's headquarters.
"Xiao!"
"This is the Great Sumeru Hammer!"
"Practicing the Great Sumeru Hammer places a severe burden on the body. Soul bones are needed to counteract its lasting harm."
"When your grandfather Tang Chen traveled the continent, he was fortunate enough to obtain three exceptional soul bones of extremely high ages."
"Later, after I became a Titled Douluo, I spent twenty years assembling a complete soul bone set."
"Now, all six of the sect's inherited soul bones have been absorbed and refined by that unfilial son."
"Our Clear Sky Sect received five ten thousand year soul bones at the last Seven Sects Tournament. I racked my brains and scraped together everything I could to assemble a complete soul bone set for you as well."
"Though