Longxing City

Titan was drenched in sweat, his granite-like face filled with exhaustion and anxiety.

He carried the unconscious Bone Douluo, Gu Rong, over his left shoulder, had the barely breathing Tang Hao strapped to his back, and tightly held five-year-old Tang San in his arms, his little face deathly pale and his body riddled with fractures.

Dragging along two severely injured Titled Douluo and a crippled child alone, even Titan, a thick-skinned Vigorous Gorilla Soul Douluo, was nearing his limit.

"Grandpa Titan... take a rest." Tang San spoke weakly, pain and guilt flickering in his dark eyes.

In his previous life, he had stood high above all others. When had he ever allowed those around him to fall into such a state?

"Young Master, this old servant isn't tired!" Titan gritted his teeth and comforted him in a rough voice.

"Those Spirit Hall lackeys could catch up at any time. Every extra step this old servant takes means a little more safety for us!"

As Titan sprinted onward, he passed an ancient tree so enormous that several people would be needed to encircle it. He spread the fingers of his right hand slightly, and with Vigorous Gorilla Soul Power wrapped around them, left several concealed claw marks in the hard bark.

This was the emergency distress signal agreed upon by the Four Single-Attribute Clans in his previous life.

Having done that, Titan was about to continue when a piercing sound of wind tearing through the air faintly came from high above.

"Shriek!"

A clear cry, like that of a hawk, rang through the clouds.

Titan's expression changed drastically, and he instinctively tried to hide Tang San in the nearby bushes.

But before he could move, a streak of white light plunged from ten thousand meters in the sky like lightning, the wild wind it stirred sending the surrounding trees swaying violently.

Whoosh!

The white light faded, revealing a thin old man in white robes with eyes as sharp as an eagle's. He landed steadily before Titan.

The Min Clan's patriarch, Bai He!

"Old Bai!" Titan stared at the newcomer in shock before bursting into wild joy, his eyes immediately reddening.

"Titan! It really is you!" Bai He was equally excited.

Having been reborn, he had immediately used the Min Clan's unparalleled speed to gather information throughout Heaven Dou.

When he had swept through the skies earlier, he had spotted the fresh Power Clan signal on the tree trunk at a glance and hurried over.

When Bai He saw the miserable state of those on Titan's back and shoulder, this well-traveled clan patriarch could not help sucking in a cold breath.

"My heavens... Clear Sky has lost an arm? How did Bone Douluo end up like this as well? And the Young Master..."

Bai He looked at the five-year-old Tang San in Titan's arms, his entire body wrapped in bandages, and trembled with heartache.

This was the future Sea God!

How had Spirit Hall beaten him into such a miserable state right at the beginning in this life?

"Don't even mention it! It was all that love-struck vixen Tang Yuehua's fault!"

Titan spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva and snarled through gritted teeth.

"If that old Gu hadn't been alert enough to shatter space itself and forcefully teleport us away, we'd already be on the guillotine in Spirit City!"

"We can't stay here!" Bai He quickly calmed down, his sharp gaze sweeping over the surroundings.

"Spirit Hall's Holy Emperor Warriors and Temple Knights have blocked all the main roads. Titan, carrying two severely wounded people overland like this makes you far too conspicuous. You'll be discovered sooner or later!"

"Then what should we do, Old Bai?" Titan asked anxiously.

"Split up!" A trace of resolve flashed through Bai He's eyes.

"My martial spirit is the Needle-Tailed Swift, the fastest on the entire continent. I'll personally carry Tang Hao and Gu Rong, fly at full speed ten thousand meters in the air, avoid every hidden ground sentry, and deliver them to Longxing City overnight!"

"You take the Young Master and disguise yourselves as hunters in the forest. Travel by the roughest woodland paths. I'll send several Min Clan elites to scout ahead in secret, and we'll meet at that old man Niu Gao's residence in the Defensive Clan!"

"Fine! We'll do as you say!" Titan nodded heavily.

Without another word, Bai He moved. His powerful yet light Soul Power instantly swept up the unconscious Tang Hao and Gu Rong. He carried them on his back, lightly tapped the ground with his toes, and shot into the clouds like a white divine swallow, vanishing over the horizon.

Titan tightened his hold on Tang San, drew a deep breath, and used the shadows of the dense forest to silently head toward Longxing City.

One day later, Longxing City, the Defensive Clan residence.

As the wealthiest of the Four Single-Attribute Clans and the sect with the strongest architectural defenses, the Defensive Clan's residence resembled a miniature steel fortress. Its walls were entirely built from Blackwater Mystic Stone and were utterly impregnable.

Niu Gao, patriarch of the Defensive Clan, stood in the deepest secret chamber of the residence, his expression grave as he looked at the two people on the stone bed.

Tang Hao's face was deathly white. Though the Golden Crocodile King's Soul Power around his severed arm had dissipated somewhat under Bai He's suppression, it remained deadly.

Meanwhile, Bone Douluo Gu Rong was still unconscious, the Soul Power fluctuations within him so faint they were nearly imperceptible.

"Old Bai, are you certain Spirit Hall is targeting the Young Master?"

Niu Gao asked in a deep voice.

He had been reborn as well. In his previous life, he had poured out blood and sweat for the Tang Sect and the Clear Sky School. In this life, he naturally chose to stand by Tang San without hesitation.

"Absolutely!" Bai He's face was somewhat pale, clearly from the immense Soul Power he had expended flying through the night at high altitude while carrying such a load.

"Moreover, I heard an absurd piece of news. Spirit Hall's eighteen-year-old Holy Son, Ye Yuan, who awakened Twin Spirits... Tang Yuehua actually sold out her own brother and nephew for his sake! That madwoman has already been taken back by Spirit Hall!"

"Damn it! Just who is this Ye Yuan? Why had I never even heard his name in my previous life?"

Niu Gao slammed his fist into a stone pillar, making the entire secret chamber tremble slightly.

"I don't know, but Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue value him immensely. They even launched their holy war against the Heaven Dou Empire ahead of schedule for his sake."

Creak.

The door to the secret chamber was pushed open, and Titan entered carrying the weakened Tang San.

"Grandpa Niu, Grandpa Bai He." With Titan supporting him, Tang San barely managed to stand, his eyes terrifyingly profound.

"My father and Bone Douluo... can they make it?"

Looking at the five-year-old Tang San, who nevertheless exuded a calm and domineering presence, Niu Gao inwardly praised him as worthy of being a god's reincarnation and hurried forward.

"Rest assured, Young Master! Beneath this Niu residence lies the Heaven Dou Empire's finest Mystic Water Defensive Formation. Spirit Hall won't be able to find this place anytime soon. I have already sent people to retrieve the Defensive Clan's stored healing medicine. With gentle Soul Power, it will certainly preserve Clear Sky's and Bone Douluo's lives!"

"Good..." Tang San clenched his tiny fists tightly, his knuckles turning pale.

"Ye Yuan... Spirit Hall's Holy Son... whoever you are, once I awaken my martial spirit and reclaim everything from my previous life, I will use my strongest Hidden Weapons to carve you into ten thousand pieces!"