The Slaughter Cage, Tang Chen's Hundred-Year Tragedy

Longevity Sect, Cloudsea Hall.

Cool clouds and mist coiled through the air as Li Xuan toyed with the clear, translucent Angel Origin Purification Dew at his fingertips. Soft golden light flowed across his palm, containing a strange power capable of severing the Angel God's shackles.

The system data in his mind remained fixed, without the slightest deviation.

[Current Shock Points Balance: 57,800,000.]

[Reward Item: Angel Origin Purification Dew.]

[Character Status: Qian Renxue (God-Hating, Loyalty 75%), Bo Saixi (Rebel God, Loyalty 81%).]

The Angel God's filthy sacrificial rules had been exposed, completely shattering Qian Renxue's lifelong faith.

Now, the ugly faces of the Sea God and Angel God, the two Main Gods, had been laid bare before the world.

Across the continent, hatred toward the gods surged, and the great tide of rebellion against them had already taken shape.

And the third Peerless Douluo of Douluo Continent—the ancestor of the Clear Sky Sect, who had been buried in the shadows of time and missing for a hundred years—should also reveal his tragic past.

Li Xuan raised his eyes, his gaze piercing through layers of cloud and mist before settling upon that forbidden land in the center of the continent, shrouded in darkness and murderous aura all year round.

Slaughter City.

There lay the Asura God's darkest scheme, and the cage Tang Chen had been unable to escape his entire life.

"System, begin the ninth Sky Screen Review."

Li Xuan's voice was indifferent, without the slightest fluctuation.

"Theme: <The Slaughter Cage, the Clear Sky Ancestor's Hundred-Year Descent>."

[Command confirmed! Sky Screen loaded!]

[This review: The Asura God's conspiracy, Tang Chen's century of imprisoned darkness!]

Buzz—!

A murky, dark Sky Screen suddenly covered the heavens.

There was no golden light, no blue light, no crimson—only a bleak, oppressive ash-gray expanse. An overwhelming bloody murderous aura seeped through the Sky Screen and spread into every corner of the continent.

Upon the dead-gray Sky Screen, jet-black words surfaced coldly.

[Douluo Regrets Reckoning, Issue Nine: Invincible for a Lifetime, Imprisoned for Half a Life.]

[This issue reveals: Clear Sky Sect Ancestor—Tang Chen, a pawn-prisoner arranged by the Asura God.]

The cold words fell, and the entire continent instantly shook.

Clear Sky Sect, sealed deep within the mountains.

Upon a steep cliff, Tang Hao leaned against an ancient tree, reeking of alcohol. His clouded eyes stared fixedly at the sky, while the hand clutching the wine bottle trembled faintly.

Tang Chen.

That name was the highest glory of the entire Clear Sky Sect, as well as the legend no Clear Sky disciple could ever surpass.

The continent's three great Peerless Douluo: Sea God Bo Saixi, Angel God's High Priest Qian Daoliu, and Clear Sky Douluo Tang Chen.

Only Tang Chen had received no divine aid in his lifetime, relying purely upon his physical body and Soul Power to reach the pinnacle of the continent's combat strength.

A hundred years ago, Tang Chen had suddenly vanished without a trace.

For a hundred years, the Clear Sky Sect had searched the entire continent, yet never found even the slightest clue. Everyone had believed that this peerless ancestor had long since fallen.

But one sentence from the Sky Screen made Tang Hao's heart suddenly tighten.

A prisoner?

His ancestor, invincible for an entire lifetime, had actually been someone else's prisoner?

The image on the Sky Screen abruptly shifted, plunging into the continent's darkest and filthiest forbidden land.

The dim sky never saw daylight. Blood-colored mist shrouded all directions, while wails and roars echoed eternally.

Mutilated corpses, dried bloodstains, and broken bones covered the ground, forming a desperate, deathly silent human hell.

Slaughter City.

The image pierced through filthy streets and reached the deepest part of Slaughter City—Hell Road.

Within a pitch-black underground cavern, the black lake water glimmered with an eerie red light. At the center of the lake stood a lonely, desolate elderly figure, unmoving for ages.

The man's clothes were tattered, his body covered in grime and blood. His snow-white hair was disheveled, while his clouded eyes were hollow and numb.

It was Tang Chen, who had been missing for a hundred years.

[The world knows Tang Chen as proud and domineering, a man who pursued the ultimate martial path.]

[A hundred years ago, he traveled across the four seas and challenged experts everywhere, all to break through the shackles of Rank Ninety-Nine and touch the realm of gods.]

[He disdained relying on gods and refused to accept divine inheritances, seeking to ascend against heaven with the body of a mortal.]

The cold narration sounded, recounting Tang Chen's once-invincible splendor.

In his youth, Tang Chen had possessed wild black hair and domineering hammer techniques. His Clear Sky Hammer swept across the land. Alone, he stormed Sea God Island and fought Bo Saixi above the sea; he ascended the Angel God Temple and faced Qian Daoliu amidst the clouds.

The three great Peerless Douluo divided the world equally, full of youthful spirit.

[Precisely because he refused to submit to the gods, Tang Chen drew the Divine Realm's fear.]

[The Asura God secretly arranged everything, using an incomplete Asura Divine Position as bait to lure Tang Chen into Slaughter City.]

[The black water of Hell Road contained a corrosive poison of gods and demons. Once it entered the body, one would sink into ruin for eternity.]

The image shifted, showing a scene from a hundred years ago.

Clad in black, Tang Chen stepped onto Hell Road. To transcend the limits of mortals, he fearlessly reached out and touched the black lake water.

In an instant, black qi wrapped around his body, murderous aura invaded him, and dark patterns crawled across his entire form. Even someone as powerful as Tang Chen became mentally blurred and disoriented in moments.

[The black water corroded the bones, and the murderous aura devoured the soul.]

[Tang Chen's body was permanently imprisoned upon Hell Road, while his divine soul was stripped away, divided, and sealed by the Asura God's power.]

[Half his consciousness fell into darkness and became the Slaughter King; the other half remained within his original body, suffering eternal torment.]

[Imprisoned for a hundred years, unable to escape for all eternity.]

Boom!

The entire continent shook violently.

No one had expected that the famed Clear Sky ancestor had endured such cruel torment.

He had not died in battle, nor had he retired into seclusion. He had been plotted against by a god, imprisoned for a hundred years, his divine soul torn apart as he sank into eternal darkness!

Sea God Island.

Bo Saixi stood upon a reef, her cool eyes gazing at the aged, numb man on the Sky Screen.

A hundred years ago, that spirited young man in black, so domineering and free-spirited, had once promised her that once he saw through the ultimate path of martial arts, he would take her away from Sea God Island and free her from the gods' restraints.

That one promise had made her cling to her obsession and wait for decades.

But she had never imagined that their parting back then would become an eternal separation.

That young man had already fallen into the endless hell arranged by the gods a hundred years ago.

Tears silently slid down her face and dripped into the cold seawater.

"Tang Chen..."

Bo Saixi murmured softly, her voice choked with grief.

The former site of the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Hao violently smashed the wine bottle in his hand. Bloodshot veins filled his eyes, and his body shook fiercely.

His ancestor had possessed pride throughout his life, invincibility throughout his life, and openness throughout his life.

He had disdained gods, refused to bow to heaven, and sought only to surpass himself.

Yet such a pure martial artist had been vilely plotted against by the Asura God, imprisoned for a hundred years, his divine soul split apart and tortured day and night.

"Gods... all of you deserve to die!!"

Tang Hao threw back his head and roared. His hoarse howl echoed through the mountains and forests. A black Clear Sky Hammer burst from the earth, and violent Soul Power erupted without restraint. Rocks flew throughout the forest as the ground trembled.

Papal Palace.

Bibi Dong silently watched the Sky Screen, coldness surging within her violet eyes.

The Sea God slaughtered beasts, the Angel God's blood relatives killed one another, and Asura imprisoned the strong.

None of the three Main Gods was clean.

The gods stood high above all others, preaching fairness and benevolence with their lips while acting insidious, cunning, vile, and ruthless in secret.

"When mortals resist, that becomes their original sin."

Bibi Dong spoke calmly, her tone cold enough to pierce bone. "If they refuse to be pawns, they are imprisoned and tortured; if they refuse to be manipulated, they are secretly erased."

The Sky Screen image finally froze.

At the center of Hell Road, the aged Tang Chen stood in a daze. Even with his mind shattered and muddled, his palm still clenched a broken Clear Sky Hammer tightly.

Even after being imprisoned and tortured by the gods for a hundred years.

The proud Clear Sky spirit in his bones had never been worn away.

[Ding! Detected massive outbreaks of sorrow, anger, and negative emotions from all living beings!]

[Sorrow and Fury Points gained: +5,400,000!]

[God-Hatred Points gained: +6,200,000!]

[Current Shock Points Balance: 69,400,000!]

[Congratulations, Host. Hidden permission unlocked: Asura God Realm Fragment Map.]

Longevity Sect, Cloudsea Hall.

A black, ancient void map slowly unfolded, marked with the mountains, divine temples, and restrictions of the Asura God Realm. This was the gods' most secret territory, now laid bare before Li Xuan.

Li Xuan lightly tapped the map with his fingertip, and a faint, indifferent sneer curved his lips.

Sea God, Angel God, Asura God.

All the dirt on the three Main Gods had been exposed, and the continent's top combat powers had all turned against the gods.

Now, not a single person in all of Douluo Continent still believed in the gods.

The time was ripe.

He raised his eyes and looked down at the chaotic, turbulent continent below, speaking softly.

"Tang Chen, a hundred years of torment, a hundred years of descent."

"I will personally tear apart the Asura God's cage and take you out of Hell Road."

The murky Sky Screen slowly faded, and the murderous aura gradually dissipated.

As everyone's emotions surged and their anger remained unresolved, a line of glaring crimson words was branded upon the clear sky.

[Next Issue Preview: Tang Sect's Dark History.]

[Outer Sect slaughter, Inner Sect forbidden arts, the sect's sins Tang San personally buried!]

The Sky Screen came to an end, and the wind howled bitterly.

Tang San, Tang Sect, hidden dark history.

The child of destiny, once regarded by the world as its hope of salvation, was about to face the most thorough judgment.

Li Xuan's gaze was cold as he quietly overlooked the entire continent.

"Tang San, it's your turn."