Battle of Jialing Pass

Ye Xunhuan flipped down from the carriage and walked toward Jialing Pass.

Ling Yuan placed a Soul Power mark on him, then headed toward the stream without looking back.

Ye Xunhuan did not walk quickly, his gaze fixed on the towering pass from beginning to end.

The closer he got, the stronger the sense of oppression became.

Perhaps it was because of the city walls that soared into the clouds, or perhaps because of the treacherous grandeur of the pass. But more than that, it was the ancient, weighty history of this land itself.

In the original novel, the Battle of Jialing Pass had been the most brutal battle in the entire Douluo Continent series.

Clashes between Titled Douluo had played out here time and again, while the power of god-level experts had left indelible marks upon this land.

Even though none of that had happened yet, Ye Xunhuan still felt a tightness in his chest.

Ye Xunhuan stopped about a hundred paces from the city wall.

Up close, he found it even more shocking.

Jialing Pass stood silent and imposing in the twilight. Its blue-black stone walls were covered in the traces of time, every crack like a scar, silently recounting the stories that had unfolded here over countless centuries.

Then the scene changed.

Ye Xunhuan's pupils suddenly widened.

One scene after another unfolded before his eyes like a revolving lantern.

They were lifelike and vividly colored, as if he had been placed within them.

He saw it.

Above the walls of Jialing Pass, Tang San stood in the air with the Sea God's Trident in hand. A blue Sea God phantom spread out behind him, while brilliant golden divine power poured outward like a tide.

Standing opposite him was none other than Rakshasa God Bibi Dong.

Vast Rakshasa divine power churned around her, and dark green poisonous mist dyed half the sky into a living hell.

Her face was twisted with madness. Her once cold and beautiful features had become nearly demonic under the corrosion of Rakshasa divine power.

The battle between them was on the verge of erupting.

"Space-Rending Abyss Slash!" Bibi Dong struck first as the Devouring Soul Spider Emperor's sixth soul skill erupted.

Tang San let out a roar and raised the Sea God's Trident above his head as golden light surged.

"Golden Thirteen Halberds, Third Form—Once Gone, Never Return!"

A golden beam shot from the trident's tip, turning into a dazzling streak of light as it charged head-on into the spatial slash with unstoppable momentum.

At that moment, Xiao Wu on the battlefield below saw the scene and activated Soft Bone Lock, tightly binding the body of Demon Bear Douluo, who was fighting her.

Teleportation activated, carrying Demon Bear Douluo directly before Tang San.

"Bang!" After the thunderous blast, Demon Bear Douluo was reduced to nothing, not even having time to scream.

Xiao Wu, meanwhile, activated Invincible Golden Body in time and deflected most of the damage, but the violent force still made her cough up blood. She was badly injured.

On the other side, Bibi Dong was pierced precisely through the chest by the Sea God's Trident, her body blasted into pieces.

Yet she did not fall. The Death Spider Emperor's ninth soul skill: Undying Body.

This move could not be broken by anyone below god level, and Tang San had not yet reached god level.

Dark green flesh buds intertwined and grew like maggots, filling that gruesome hole within a few breaths.

Bibi Dong lowered her head and looked at the newly grown flesh on her chest, the corner of her mouth curving into an eerie smile.

She laughed.

It was not the smile of a victor, but the smile of someone on the verge of madness and despair, someone who wanted to drag everyone down to hell with her.

The scene shifted again.

Inside Jialing Pass, floodwaters surged into the sky.

Tang San raised the Sea God's Trident and pointed lightly. Vast Sea Cosmos.

A monstrous torrent poured through a breach in the city wall, carrying mud, sand, and broken stones as it stripped away the Spirit Hall Empire's defenses layer by layer.

The city walls crumbled in the flood, defensive weapons were scattered everywhere, and countless Spirit Hall soul masters struggled before sinking beneath the waters.

After the flood raged through the pass, the Heaven Dou Allied Army prepared to launch its final assault.

Inside the pass, the Worship Hall's six great worshippers arrived at the battlefield in time.

Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo stood side by side, their Coiling Dragon Staff combination attack forcibly driving back the surging Tang San.

Azure Luan Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo attacked simultaneously, blocking the Sword and Bone Douluo who had come to reinforce them.

Lightfeather Douluo drew his bow and nocked an arrow, intending to directly kill Heaven Dou Empire's emperor, Xue Beng, but Poison Douluo Dugu Bo intercepted him.

Golden Crocodile Douluo's entire body blazed with golden light as he flexed his hands, ready to seize the chance to kill Tang San.

Then Ye Xunhuan saw someone.

A disheveled middle-aged man carrying a massive black hammer descended from the sky.

Tang Hao.

Ye Xunhuan's pupils contracted sharply, and in that instant, the blood throughout his body seemed to freeze.

The moment Tang Hao landed, nine Spirit Rings rose beneath his feet. The last one was a blinding red.

Tang Hao did not use the Ring Detonation divine skill. Instead, he brought out another ultimate divine technique of the Clear Sky Sect—Great Sumeru Hammer.

Layer upon layer of dark golden patterns appeared on the black Clear Sky Hammer, and the hammer's body swelled visibly.

With his level ninety-seven cultivation, Tang Hao faced the level ninety-eight Golden Crocodile Douluo head-on.

Hammer and crocodile collided, and the resulting shockwave sent soul masters from both armies flying within a hundred zhang. Jialing Pass, already on the verge of collapse, nearly crumbled entirely.

Golden Crocodile Douluo was forced back three steps.

Tang Hao took only one step back.

Ye Xunhuan stared fixedly at the figure in the scene, at the face that had slaughtered every man, woman, and child in Golden Bear Village in the original novel.

Tang Hao looked far older than Ye Xunhuan remembered, but those eyes—cold, brutal, and unquestionable—were exactly the same as they had been that night.

The scene shifted once more.

Above the clouds over Jialing Pass, two figures faced one another.

Sea God Tang San stood surrounded by azure divine power, Sea God's Eight Wings spread behind him. The brilliant golden Sea God's Trident lay across his front, radiating boundless light.

Angel God Qian Renxue had fully unleashed her Six-Winged Angel martial soul. Golden holy flames burned a massive hole through the clouds, while the Angel Sacred Sword scattered a rain of golden light across the sky.

The two gods clashed continuously in the air, divine power shockwaves sweeping across the skies above Jialing Pass. Every collision changed the color of heaven and earth.

Tang San suppressed her step by step.

Every strike of the Sea God's Trident carried the vastness and boundlessness of the ocean. Though Qian Renxue possessed a divine position, the edge of her Angel Sacred Sword could never truly break through the Sea God's defenses.

Two of her six wings were severed by a trident strike, golden feathers drifting down like snowflakes.

The battle had turned against her. Just as Qian Renxue was about to be defeated, a dark green pillar of light shot into the heavens.

Rakshasa God Bibi Dong descended onto the battlefield.

Dressed in a black divine robe and holding the enormous Rakshasa Demon Scythe, she spread dense Rakshasa killing aura across the land, forming a glaring contrast against the golden radiance of the Angel's holy flames.

She formed a temporary alliance with Qian Renxue.

The two gods joined forces to besiege Sea God Tang San.

Facing two opponents alone, Tang San gradually fell into a disadvantage. The dark divine power of the Rakshasa Demon Scythe constantly corroded his divine body, while Qian Renxue's Angel holy flames and Bibi Dong's Rakshasa Demon Art coordinated with one another in an unending barrage.

Tang San fought back with all his strength. Guanyin's Tear nearly dealt Bibi Dong a devastating blow, but Qian Renxue warned her in time, allowing her to evade it.

Then a flaw appeared.

The instant Tang San's divine power faltered, Bibi Dong seized that fleeting opening.

The Rakshasa Demon Scythe erupted.

The dark green scythe blade pierced through Tang San's chest, accurately stabbing through his heart.

Azure Sea God power exploded in the air. The Sea God's Trident lost control, falling from the heights and embedding itself in the ruins of Jialing Pass.

Sea God Tang San fell on the spot.

But the scene did not end there.