Tang Hao

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Tang Hao (唐昊)
Alias(es)	Clear Sky Douluo
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Clear Sky Sect; one of the Upper Three Sects 55 56
Occupation/Role	Rank 95 Super Douluo; Tang San’s father and protector 55
Martial Soul	Clear Sky Hammer, regarded as the world’s greatest tool-type Martial Soul 55
Soul Power	Rank 95 / Super Douluo 55 56
Status	Active; engaged in battle against Ning Chen 57
First Appearance	Chapter 54

Background / History

Tang Hao’s past actions caused the Clear Sky Sect to withdraw from the world, diminishing the standing of the remaining Upper Three Sects and contributing to their closer cooperation with the Heaven Dou imperial family against Martial Soul Hall 36.

After years of hiding and fleeing, Tang Hao remains intensely suspicious of anyone near Shrek Academy, where his son Tang San is studying. He has already identified Xiao Wu as a Hundred Thousand Year transformed soul beast and is prepared to eliminate anyone he believes could endanger or expose her 55 56.

Appearance

Tang Hao first appears as a broad, powerfully built man in dingy gray coarse clothes, outwardly resembling an ordinary farmer. His physique and stillness instead convey the pressure of an iron tower or mountain 54.

• Broad, heavily muscled build.
• Wears plain, worn gray clothing.
• Keeps his face obscured in shadow during his initial encounter with Ning Chen.
• Has cold, sharp eyes and an oppressive killing intent 54.
• His presence becomes volcanic and suffocating when he fights seriously 57.

Personality

Tang Hao is guarded, terse, and ruthlessly protective. Ning Chen’s recognition of him immediately makes Tang Hao regard the youth as a potential threat to Tang San and Xiao Wu; he chooses to kill rather than investigate whether that suspicion is justified 55 56.

He does not yield to Ning Chen’s appeals to their shared Upper Three Sects affiliation. Once he decides Ning Chen must die, he answers negotiation with escalating force 56. Despite this mercilessness, he recognizes genuine strength, openly admitting that he had underestimated Ning Chen after the latter withstands and counters his attacks 57.

Abilities & Skills

Clear Sky Hammer

Tang Hao wields the Clear Sky Hammer, the Clear Sky Sect’s inherited tool-type Martial Soul and the world’s greatest of its kind 55.

• Possesses nine Soul Rings: two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red Hundred Thousand Year ninth ring 55.
• His hammer strikes can destroy trees and terrain while he pursues Ning Chen at high speed 55.
• A Soul-Power-infused hammer strike reaches the effective force of an ordinary Title Douluo’s ninth soul skill, stripping away a layer of Ning Chen’s eighth-ring defensive light 56.
• His hammer technique is not merely brute force: he shatters five of Ning Chen’s phantom mountains with controlled, precisely timed strikes 57.

Slaughter God Domain

Tang Hao bears the Slaughter God Domain, marked by the murderous patterns on his Clear Sky Hammer 55.

• His killing intent alone immobilizes Ning Chen outside Shrek Academy before either Martial Soul or Soul Ring is revealed 54.
• The domain and his killing intent reinforce the terror and pressure surrounding his pursuit 55.

Super Douluo Physique and Mobility

As a Rank 95 Super Douluo, Tang Hao can match or overwhelm Ning Chen’s enhanced movement even without immediately relying on Soul Skills 55.

• Pursues Ning Chen through dense forest while snapping trees apart with casual strikes 55.
• Closes the distance despite Ning Chen’s Voidstep, Nine Yang Divine Skill, and Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda speed enhancement 55 56.
• Generates crushing pressure with a direct hammer blow before the weapon even lands, cracking the ground beneath Ning Chen and bending nearby trees 57.

Clear Sky Sect Inheritance

Tang Hao possesses the Clear Sky Sect’s inherited Ring Detonation Divine Skill, though he has not used it in the documented confrontation with Ning Chen 55.

Relationships

• Tang San — His son. Tang Hao’s fear that Ning Chen may threaten Tang San is a central reason for his attempted execution of the latter 55 56.
• Xiao Wu — Tang Hao knows that she is a Hundred Thousand Year transformed soul beast. He considers Ning Chen’s exceptional talent and senses a possible danger to her secret 55.
• Ning Chen — Initially encounters him outside Shrek Academy, pursues him after being recognized, and attempts to kill him as a perceived threat 54 55 56.
• Clear Sky Sect — Tang Hao is a member of the sect and bears its Clear Sky Hammer and inherited Ring Detonation Divine Skill 55.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Encounter Outside Shrek Academy

Tang Hao appears outside Shrek Academy when Ning Chen, unmasked and dressed in a black cloak, approaches the grounds with Ning Rongrong as his intended target. Tang Hao’s killing intent halts Ning Chen before he can enter 54.

Pursuit of Ning Chen

After Ning Chen recognizes him, Tang Hao concludes that the youth may know too much and gives chase. Ning Chen uses Voidstep, Nine Yang Soul Power, and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s speed enhancement, but Tang Hao steadily closes the distance and ultimately summons his Clear Sky Hammer and full Soul Ring configuration 55.

Battle Against Ning Chen

Ning Chen survives Tang Hao’s opening hammer strikes through Nine Treasure Divine Light Body Protection, but Tang Hao remains determined to kill him despite Ning Chen’s pleas and appeal to the Upper Three Sects’ ties 56.

When Ning Chen reveals his true Rank 83 Soul Douluo cultivation and confronts him directly, Tang Hao destroys five phantom mountains from the Thousand Mountains Formula. He then acknowledges Ning Chen’s strength and prepares an overwhelming direct strike against the youth’s fused mountain-form body 57.

Notable Quotes

“Today, you must die.” 56

“Good lad. I did underestimate you.” 57