If the Clear Sky Sect lost his father, its only Titled Douluo, it was hard to imagine the impact it would have on the sect. Those sect forces eyeing the Clear Sky Sect's assets would likely pounce like hungry wolves.
"No, you still can't go back." Tang Xiao said, "Your foremost task now is to cultivate to the Titled Douluo realm as quickly as possible. Then return and succeed the sect master's position. As for the sect, before you return, I'll act as sect master in your stead."
Tang Hao was already forty years old, and his Soul Power had reached Level Eighty-Six. Becoming a Titled Douluo before fifty was practically a certainty.
Tang Xiao himself, meanwhile, was at Level Eighty-Seven Soul Power. Tang Hao was about to surpass him.
But that was all based on Tang Hao having a full set of Soul Bones.
Tang Xiao currently only possessed one Clear Sky Sect Legacy Soul Bone that was over seventy thousand years old.
If he could complete his set of Soul Bones, he could still use his age advantage to reach Titled Douluo before Tang Hao.
In the original story, after Tang Xiao trained alongside Ah Yin and Tang Hao for three years and returned to the sect, he was able to advance to Titled Douluo soon afterward because Tang Hao had angered Tang Tian to death.
Tang Xiao inherited the Soul Bones Tang Tian left behind.
Likewise, to prevent the Clear Sky Sect from being coveted by outsiders, Tang Tian had prepared for his death to be concealed, allowing his eldest son Tang Xiao to inherit his Soul Bones and temporarily hold up the sect.
"Am I supposed to just stand by and watch Father suffer?" Tang Hao said, filled with unwillingness.
"This was Father's decision." Tang Xiao