Sea of Demon Spider Blood, Tang San's Original Sin of Hypocritical Kindness

Longevity Sect, Cloudsea Hall.

Cold clouds coiled around the white jade throne, while the pitch-black Tang Sect Annihilation Stele floated silently nearby. Its surface was densely carved with ancient script, every stroke recording the bloody and cruel dark past of the ancient Tang Sect.

Li Xuan lightly pressed his fingertips against the stele, its icy sensation spreading up from his fingers.

System data was neatly arranged in his mind, every figure perfectly accurate.

[Current Shock Points balance: 79,400,000.]

[Item held: Tang Sect Annihilation Stele (Replica).]

[Character status: Tang San (Faith shattered, resentment off the charts).]

The previous Sky Screen had exposed the filth the ancient Tang Sect had buried for ten thousand years, allowing the world to see that this sect had been rooted in blood and sin from the very beginning.

Yet Tang San knew full well how filthy the Tang Sect was, and still clung stubbornly to his obsession, insisting on reviving it. This refusal to repent had already made countless people across the continent disgusted with him.

To destroy a person, one first had to shatter the image they had built for themselves.

In the eyes of the world, Tang San was loyal, kind, compassionate toward all living things, and disgusted by slaughter.

But the real him was cold-blooded and hypocritical. He judged good and evil solely by whether someone was his enemy or not.

Li Xuan raised his eyes, his gaze piercing through the clouds and falling upon the dark, sinister Outer Star Dou Forest.

There lay Tang San's earliest and most unknown bloody original sin.

"System, begin the eleventh Sky Screen Review."

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

"Theme: <Sea of Demon Spider Blood, Slaughter Beneath the Skin of Kindness>."

[Command confirmed! Sky Screen loading complete!]

[This review: Tang San's first original sin, one that can never be whitewashed!]

Bzz—!

A blinding crimson suddenly spread across the entire sky.

This was the bloodiest Sky Screen projection in history. The blood-red heavens resembled congealed blood, thick, oppressive, and suffocating.

Upon the Blood-Red Sky Screen, enormous black and savage words were branded nakedly into the void.

[Douluo Regrets Reckoning, Episode Eleven: A Single Thought Slaughters a Clan, Morality by Double Standards.]

[This episode reveals: The extermination of the Human-Faced Demon Spider Clan in the Outer Star Dou Forest!]

Crimson light descended across the continent, and everyone's hearts suddenly tightened.

Star Dou Great Forest, outer woods.

Tang San leaned against a large tree, cold sweat soaking through his clothes. His False Sea God Divine Armor was stained with blood, and he clenched his teeth tightly, his eyes filled with terror and gloom.

Man Faced Demon Spiders.

That had been the first Soul Beast he had hunted after embarking on the path of a soul master.

In his memories, it had merely been an ordinary soul ring hunt, perfectly justified and entirely natural.

But the Sky Screen had deliberately named it. That could not be a good sign.

Xiao Wu clutched Tang San's arm tightly, her body trembling uncontrollably as she instinctively sensed the bone-chilling malice within the Sky Screen.

The Blood-Red Sky Screen abruptly expanded.

A dark, damp forest filled with tangled vines and heavy mist.

It was the day Tang San had first entered the forest to seek his third soul ring.

Within the scene, a Thousand-Year Human-Faced Demon Spider silently guarded its nest. Its eight spider legs were planted in the soil as it warily watched its surroundings. Inside the nest, countless young spiders curled and wriggled, while spider eggs glistened like crystal.

The entire Human-Faced Demon Spider Clan showed no intention of attacking. They kept to themselves and lived without conflict.

[Human-Faced Demon Spiders are solitary by nature and rarely take the initiative to harass humans.]

[They dwell deep within dense forests, do not fight over territory, and do not offend humans. They are among Star Dou's most peaceful Soul Beast clans.]

[That day, Tang San intruded upon their territory solely to find a thousand-year soul ring suited to himself.]

The cold narration echoed through heaven and earth, showing no favoritism whatsoever.

The scene shifted, and cold light flashed.

Tang San wielded hidden weapons as he used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, his movements elusive. Without any warning, he launched a sudden ambush. Blue Silver Grass crazily coiled around them, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon locked down their limbs, and hidden weapons pierced precisely into the demon spider's weak points.

The Thousand-Year Human-Faced Demon Spider wailed in agony and struggled desperately.

It did not retaliate or harm anyone. It merely instinctively protected the nest behind it and the young of its clan.

[The adult demon spiders attempted to yield, flee, and beg for mercy.]

[They abandoned all resistance, wishing only to preserve their nest and protect the young spiders.]

[But Tang San showed not the slightest mercy. He pressed forward step by step, his methods ruthless and decisive.]

The view suddenly zoomed in, displaying the cruel scene without concealment.

To obtain an exceptional soul ring and pluck an Autumn-Seeing-Through Grass beside the nest, Tang San did not hesitate to use hidden weapons, poison, and violence.

He personally tore apart the spiderwebs, crushed spider eggs beneath his feet, and slaughtered the young.

The adult Human-Faced Demon Spiders fought desperately to defend them, only to be mercilessly killed. Their corpses were torn apart, and venom spread through the soil.

In less than half an incense stick's time, the entire forest was filled with blood.

Not a single member of the clan, young or old, survived.

[No hatred. No conflict. No threat.]

[Only because he needed a soul ring, only because he coveted a medicinal herb.]

[With a single thought, he slaughtered an entire clan.]

[Three hundred and seventy-two Human-Faced Demon Spiders were all buried beneath one man's hand.]

Boom!

Just a few lines made the entire continent's scalps go numb.

When ordinary soul masters hunted Soul Beasts, they usually did so in self-defense or only hunted what they needed.

But Tang San?

Without reason or restraint, he slaughtered the entire clan and left none alive.

He had not even spared harmless young or unhatched spider eggs.

Star Dou Great Forest, core region.

Di Tian stood in the middle of the lake, his black beastly eyes fixed upon the Blood-Red Sky Screen as overwhelming killing intent churned wildly around him.

Humans despised evil soul masters and hated violent creatures.

Yet this so-called Son of Destiny before them was colder and crueler than any evil soul master.

"Double standards... contemptible."

Di Tian let out a deep roar. Sound waves shattered the clouds, and countless Soul Beasts howled in unison, their resentment soaring into the sky.

Heaven Dou City, Star Luo City, and the major sects.

Countless civilians and soul masters stood dumbfounded, the filter through which they had viewed Tang San completely shattered.

"So he was never kind. He just kept his cruelty hidden!"

"The peaceful demon spider clan was wiped out, and he did not even spare the young?"

"We pitied Xiao Wu before, but when Tang San hunted ordinary Soul Beasts, when had he ever shown even a shred of mercy?"

Scorn, curses, and doubt swept across the continent.

Within the dense forest.

Tang San's face turned deathly pale, his body shaking violently as his mind rang with deafening noise.

He had deliberately blurred and concealed that memory.

In his own perception, it had merely been an ordinary hunt, the natural path for a soul master to grow stronger.

But after being magnified, analyzed, and frozen by the Sky Screen—

The cruelty, indifference, and mercilessness of that day were laid bare before everyone.

"No... I didn't slaughter the young..."

Tang San's lips trembled. His voice was hoarse and powerless, unable to convince even himself.

The Sky Screen's exposure did not stop. A line of incomparably mocking blood-red words slowly emerged.

[After the hunt, he compassionately sighed: Soul Beasts are weak. They are born to be nourishment.]

[Yet upon seeing Xiao Wu in human form, he wept and swore: In this life, I will never harm any Soul Beast.]

The ultimate double standard, a naked slap to the face.

On one side, he mercilessly slaughtered an innocent Soul Beast clan, treating living beings like weeds.

On the other, he pitied a transformed Soul Beast and made a hypocritical vow.

Kind and compassionate before others, cold-blooded and cruel behind their backs.

The word "hypocrite" was carved into his very bones.

[Ding! Detected a surge in the continent's disgust toward Tang San!]

[Contempt Points gained: +6,400,000!]

[Hatred Points gained: +5,800,000!]

[Current Shock Points balance: 91,600,000!]

[Special reward issued: Myriad Poisons Pearl (counters all of Tang San's poisons and hidden weapons).]

Longevity Sect, Cloudsea Hall.

A dark, pitch-black orb floated above his palm. A faint toxic haze flowed around its surface, specially designed to suppress every one of Tang San's trump cards.

Li Xuan gently rotated the Myriad Poisons Pearl, his eyes utterly calm and indifferent.

From the Tang Sect's dark history to the extermination of the Human-Faced Demon Spider Clan—

Tang San's shell of false kindness had already been torn apart completely.

The savior in the world's eyes was nothing more than an ordinary youth who was selfish, cold-blooded, hypocritical, and obsessed with a filthy sect.

"Tang San."

Li Xuan murmured softly, his tone icy. "Your reputation, righteousness, and kindness—the things you care about most—I will crush them all, little by little."

The Blood-Red Sky Screen slowly faded, leaving behind a faint scent of blood in the air.

The entire continent was restless, and the tide of hatred toward Tang San had completely risen.

Just as curses rang out one after another, a line of dark-purple, terrifying words suddenly imprinted itself across the sky.

[Preview for the next episode: Icefire Yin Yang Well.]

[Heaven-defying immortal herbs, the plundering of beastly origins—Tang San steals the foundation of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts!]

Star Dou, icefire, immortal herbs, stolen origins.

The words were bone-chilling, foreshadowing another filthy original sin.

Within the forest, Tang San suddenly raised his head, his eyes filled with panic.

Icefire Yin Yang Well!

That was the secret realm where his greatest opportunities and harvests had lain. Two powerful Soul Beasts guarding the immortal herbs were still there.

How many more secrets was the Sky Screen going to expose?

Li Xuan looked down at the panicked and bedraggled Tang San, a cold curve slowly spreading across his lips.

"Your opportunities, your fortune, your disguise."

"Next chapter, I will strip them all bare."