Recaps

Ren Tao defeated Tang Chen and absorbed the Asura divine power, but the Asura God appeared in the Sea of Inheritance and offered him the chance to inherit the divine position. After Ren Tao repaired his ruined body and sent E Laosi to search Tang Chen, the Five-Headed Bat revealed that the Asura Sacred Sword was inside Ren Tao.

• Ren Tao absorbed the Asura God's power and used the Red Crystal to consume the evil thoughts in the Sea of Inheritance, while Tang Chen was expelled after being drained.
• The Asura God manifested through the fused God King Marks, offered Ren Tao his inheritance, and explained that tribulation lightning could transform Ren Tao into a higher form of life.
• Ren Tao left the Sea of Inheritance and began repairing his badly damaged body as he asked the Five-Headed Bat about the Asura God and Rakshasa.
• Ren Tao sent E Laosi to search Tang Chen for the Asura Sword or a Clear Sky Token, then urged the Five-Headed Bat to go to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Five-Headed Bat said the Asura Sacred Sword was inside Ren Tao, then flew away before Ren Tao finished warning it not to repeat Slaughter City's past.

Ren Tao freed Tang Chen from the Asura God's influence, leaving him alive but weakened and with a degenerated Clear Sky Hammer. Two days before the Million-Year Soul Bone Appraisal Conference, the Heaven Dou Empire prepared to execute the Pleasant Sea Villa staff as bait for Ren Woxing, while the Golden Iron Triangle arrived to confront him.

• Ren Tao found that Tang Chen's Soul Power and divine powers were gone, and Tang Chen discovered his Clear Sky Hammer had degenerated into a hammerhead without a handle.
• Ren Tao told Tang Chen that the Asura God had never intended to pass on his Divine Position and revealed that Bo Saixi had paid for Tang Chen's rescue because the Sea God inheritance required her sacrifice.
• Ren Tao left Tang Chen behind and ordered E Laosi to follow him and ensure he returned to Sea God Island.
• Emperor Xue Beng surrounded the Pleasant Sea Villa and planned to publicly execute its owner and staff for allegedly betraying the nation to Spirit Hall.
• Liu Erlong questioned the trap at the Pleasant Sea Villa, while Yu Xiaogang told her the Golden Iron Triangle only needed to hold Ren Woxing back.
• The Golden Iron Triangle's carriage arrived at the Pleasant Sea Villa.

Ren Tao disrupted the execution at Pleasant Sea Villa and discovered Yu Xiaogang’s secret plan to use the Twin Bloom to drain Bibi Dong’s life. Bibi Dong was betrayed and dismembered, but the Nine-Headed Bat carried away her remains while Ren Tao escaped into the sea.

• Yu Xiaogang ordered the execution of Pleasant Sea Villa’s prisoners, and Ren Tao arrived in a massive wave that destroyed the execution site and killed Yu Xiaogang.
• Ren Tao used his abilities to probe Yu Xiaogang’s fear and discovered the Twin Bloom linking him to Bibi Dong, then left the ruins as Bibi Dong arrived and revived Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that the Twin Bloom was the Life-Reaping Orchid and used its exchange of vitality to weaken Bibi Dong before plotting to kill her.
• A War Halberd Douluo stabbed Bibi Dong, and he and the Golden Saber Douluo cut her into pieces while Yu Xiaogang watched.
• The Nine-Headed Bat attacked the Douluo, carried away Bibi Dong’s remains, and left Yu Xiaogang badly wounded; Ren Tao then swam away into the sea.

At Jade Tide Bay, Ren Tao displayed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Soul Bone and faced a coalition led by Yu Xiaogang, Dai Rong, and Xue Beng. Ren Tao’s assault exposed Xue Beng’s decoy, and the chapter left Ren Tao buried beneath Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s devastating strike.

• Xue Beng and Dai Rong traveled with their forces to Jade Tide Bay after locating the conference site from the Golden Thread Map.
• Ren Tao arrived in dramatic fashion and displayed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Soul Bone, while Dai Rong said Bibi Dong had died.
• Ren Tao demanded that Dai Rong and Xue Beng fight for the Soul Bone, but Dai Rong and Yu Xiaogang instead mobilized their forces against him.
• Ren Tao attacked Xue Beng and discovered he had struck a decoy, as Yu Xiaogang used Luo Sanpao’s blasts to disrupt Ren Tao’s Spatial Jump.
• Ren Tao exchanged blows with Chen Xin and the two Star Luo Douluos, then countered their attacks with his World-Destroying Grasp.
• Gu Rong trapped Ren Tao in Dragon Soul Purgatory, and Chen Xin struck him with a star-filled sword attack that blasted him into a trench nearly a hundred meters deep.

Ren Tao escaped the battle at Jade Tide Bay and pursued Xue Beng, while Yu Xiaogang and the others followed. Ren Tao realized Xue Beng had remained in Vast Sea City, returned there, and confronted him as the chapter ended.

• Ren Tao escaped underground, then used Spatial Jump to leave the battlefield and pursue Xue Beng.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Ren Tao had left and urged the others to follow and protect Xue Beng.
• Ren Tao stopped during the pursuit, reconsidered Xue Beng’s likely actions, and turned back toward Vast Sea City.
• Dai Rong realized Xue Beng was still hiding in Vast Sea City and cursed him for putting both empires at risk.
• Ren Tao reached Vast Sea City and found Xue Beng waiting in a lit building; Xue Beng opened the window and greeted him.

Ren Tao attacked Dai Rong while Qian Renxue’s deception turned Yu Xiaogang into the apparent assassin of Emperor Xue Beng. The chapter left Dai Rong crippled, the Heaven Dou Empire’s plans disrupted, and Ren Tao weighing whether to target Qian Renxue.

• Emperor Xue Beng shut the window after speaking with Ren Tao, while Ren Tao suspected the emperor was an impostor and recognized Qian Renxue’s involvement.
• Soul Masters gathered to confront Ren Tao, and Xue Beng summoned Yu Xiaogang from inside the building.
• Ren Tao attacked Dai Rong, using a shock wave and Orca Demon Axe to separate him from his protectors before capturing him.
• Qian Renxue’s apparent Xue Beng cried out that Yu Xiaogang was assassinating him, and a bloody silhouette appeared at the window as Yu Xiaogang stabbed the emperor.
• Ren Tao used the distraction to drain Dai Rong’s Soul Power and sever his limbs, then considered whether to target Qian Renxue next.

After defeating both empires, Ren Tao revealed that he was a sea soul beast and declared that he would secure a place for sea soul beasts in the human world. As the assembled soul masters turned against him, an unseen voice accused him of being an evil soul master as well.

• Yu Xiaogang was dragged away after Emperor Xue Beng’s death, while the Star Luo Emperor’s soul power and meridians were destroyed.
• Dai Rong conceded defeat and asked Ren Tao to spare the Star Luo Empire, then urged Ning Fengzhi to investigate Xue Beng’s death without rushing to condemn Yu Xiaogang.
• Dai Rong asked why Ren Tao had arranged a game that devastated both empires, prompting Ren Tao to reflect on his bonds with sea soul beasts and his struggle against the gods.
• Ren Tao declared that he was a sea soul beast and said he would stop the war and secure respect and a place for sea soul beasts.
• Ning Fengzhi and the gathered Douluos and Shrek members formed an encirclement around Ren Tao after his revelation.
• An unseen speaker warned that Ren Tao could threaten the human world and accused him of being an evil soul master.

Ren Tao fought Qian Daoliu’s assembled allies and discovered that Qian Daoliu wanted to make him an enemy of the whole world. After Ren Tao took Ning Fengzhi hostage, Qian Daoliu prepared to enter the battle himself.

• Qian Daoliu ordered War Halberd Douluo and Golden Saber Douluo to attack Ren Tao and commanded the others to join the fight.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin pierced Ren Tao, but Ren Tao trapped him with golden threads and gravely wounded Gu Rong with World-Destroying Grasp.
• War Halberd Douluo, Golden Saber Douluo, Dugu Bo, and Chen Xin coordinated attacks that injured Ren Tao and struck down his Pagoda Substitute.
• Ren Tao threatened Qian Daoliu by grabbing Ning Fengzhi and warning he would drain his martial soul if Sword Douluo kept attacking.
• Ren Tao healed his injuries, while Chen Xin retrieved Ning Fengzhi and Qian Daoliu prepared to fight.

Ren Tao used lightning, fire, and a series of bluffs to trap Qian Daoliu and force him back, then drew the Divine Thunder toward him. Qian Daoliu revealed the Angel Holy Sword and unleashed a purifying strike at Ren Tao, as a voice urged Ren Tao to use the Asura Sword.

• Qian Daoliu engulfed the area in his Angel Domain and attacked Ren Tao, whose Blood Sea Domain caught fire.
• Ren Tao let Qian Daoliu break his arm, then trapped him inside an explosive fireball and claimed the falling lightning was heavenly tribulation lightning.
• Qian Daoliu retreated from the supposed tribulation, and Ren Tao revealed the bluff while pursuing him.
• Ren Tao used refined asura divine power to draw the Divine Thunder toward Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu manifested the Angel Holy Sword, cleaved through the lightning, and swung at Ren Tao with a strike meant to destroy his soul.
• A voice urged Ren Tao to use the Asura Sword.

Ren Tao escaped Qian Daoliu’s attack and used poetry and illusion to buy time while recovering and preparing for another clash. He launched his World-Destroying Spear at Qian Daoliu, but both Ren Tao and the spear vanished as the Angel Holy Sword struck.

• Ren Tao used the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's torso bone to survive Qian Daoliu’s strike, then escaped with Spatial Jump.
• Qian Daoliu led the group to the shore, where they found Ren Tao drinking beneath an illusion of pavilions and towers.
• Ren Tao recited poetry and shaped the illusion while restoring his body and completing preparations for battle.
• Qian Daoliu transformed through his Martial Soul Avatar as Ren Tao formed the World-Destroying Spear and attacked first.
• Qian Daoliu’s Angel Holy Sword struck through empty space, and Ren Tao and his spear abruptly vanished.

Ren Tao used the Dragon Blood Killing Array’s illusion to deceive Qian Daoliu, then drew him into a trap and struck him with the Soul-Devouring Spear. Ren Tao began devouring the unconscious Qian Daoliu inside the illusion while their allies launched a coordinated attack.

• Ren Tao used Spiritual Mirror Projection and the Dragon Blood Killing Array to trick Qian Daoliu and reach Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue pierced Ren Tao with her Angel Sword, but he restrained her with Devouring Golden Threads.
• Qian Daoliu attacked to save Qian Renxue, and Ren Tao partially evaded the strike before pushing her toward her grandfather.
• Ren Tao struck Qian Daoliu in the forehead with the Soul-Devouring Spear and carried him into the Dragon Blood Illusion.
• Ning Fengzhi and Dai Rong ordered their forces to attack Ren Tao and Qian Daoliu as Ren Tao began devouring Qian Daoliu’s soul power.

Ren Tao was trapped in the Sea of Inheritance with Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue as the Angel God attacked him and the Asura Sacred Sword. The confrontation ended in a continent-wide supernatural upheaval, while Ren Tao’s fate remained unclear.

• Ning Fengzhi realized the floating pavilions were illusions, while Qian Renxue found Ren Tao and was pulled into the Sea of Inheritance with Qian Daoliu.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin located Ren Tao and unleashed a powerful strike, but the Angel God entered the Sea of Inheritance and dissolved it.
• The Angel God attacked Ren Tao and sent half her fireballs toward the hidden Asura Sacred Sword.
• Ren Tao resisted the Angel God’s attack, and his enormous figure burst from the light before exploding into bloody silhouettes that filled the sky.
• Shui Ling'er led the Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Soul Beast Alliance toward the disturbance, while people across the continent—including E Laosi, Bo Saixi, Tang San, Xin Luo, and Bibi Dong—reacted to the blood-red clouds and whale cries.

Ren Tao fought the Angel God after the sea of inheritance collapsed, using his will and ideas about evolution to overcome her and devour her divine power. He later awoke among his soul beast companions, learning that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Whale Bone had saved him.

• Ren Tao burned his spiritual power and will, broke through the Angel God's assault, and emerged as a towering figure who confronted her.
• Ren Tao argued that gods had become obstacles to life's evolution and predicted the Divine Realm would eventually destroy itself, while the Angel God rejected his claims.
• The sea of inheritance shattered into blood clouds, and Ren Tao devoured Angel Divine Power as the Angel God disappeared.
• Ren Tao drifted in a near-sleep for a long time while E Laosi, Ran Laowu, and the Orca Bros gambled nearby.
• Jenny and Yeonnie noticed Ren Tao waking, and the Orca Bros explained that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Whale Bone had saved him.

Ren Tao learned that the sea soul beasts believed he had sacrificed himself to himself, then returned to life and made him their Sea King. As the sea creatures celebrated his call to live for themselves, their collective vow power weakened the Seven Sacred Pillars, while Bo Saixi encountered Tang Chen outside the Sea God Hall.

• Ren Tao learned that his Soul Bone had carried him to safety and that sea soul beasts had watched over him while human soul masters searched the waters for him and the Asura Sword.
• E Laosi told Ren Tao that Qian Daoliu was waiting by the sea for a decisive battle, and that the Sea Soul Beast Alliance had chosen Ren Tao as Sea King and Shui Ling'er as its leader.
• Ran Laowu and the Evil Spirit Orca bros told Ren Tao they believed he had sacrificed himself to himself for the sake of sea soul beasts.
• Ren Tao urged the sea soul beasts to live for themselves, and they acclaimed him as Sea King as Shui Ling'er, Jin Hai, and Yin Zhang joined the celebration.
• Ren Tao returned the gathered vow power to the ocean, and the Seven Sacred Pillars dimmed as the Sea God Hall trembled.
• Bo Saixi left the Sea God Hall and encountered Tang Chen outside.

Bibi Dong rejected Qian Renxue’s demand to abdicate, then agreed to work with Ren Tao to escape her predicament. As a sea soul beast tide approached Vast Sea City, Qian Daoliu accepted the Sea King’s challenge, which Ren Tao sensed just as the first censer of incense finished burning.

• Qian Renxue taunted Bibi Dong about her failures and demanded that she give up the Pope’s throne, but Bibi Dong refused.
• Bibi Dong challenged Qian Renxue to defeat her before taking the throne, and Qian Renxue stormed out after promising to prove herself.
• Ren Tao emerged from the inner room and offered to help Bibi Dong; she agreed to cooperate as long as their plan did not harm Qian Renxue or obstruct her path to godhood.
• Ren Tao explained that soul beasts needed legitimacy and recognition, and Bibi Dong joined hands with him in an alliance.
• Qian Daoliu learned that sea soul beasts were advancing on Vast Sea City and that their Sea King wished to challenge him, so he accepted.
• Ren Tao sensed Qian Daoliu’s acceptance as the first censer of incense finished burning.

Ren Tao negotiated with Bibi Dong to establish a sea soul beast nation, ally it with the Spirit Hall Empire, and pursue trade, then faced Qian Daoliu as the Sea King. The chapter ended with Ren Tao and Qian Daoliu preparing to duel while the sea soul beasts cheered for their king.

• Ren Tao set conditions for the sea soul beast nation's recognition and alliance, and Bibi Dong agreed to support both arrangements.
• Ren Tao proposed a free trade port and coastal economic zone, but Bibi Dong asked what resources the sea soul beasts could actually trade.
• Hundreds of thousands of sea soul beasts gathered off Vast Sea City, and Ran Laowu delivered Ren Woxing's challenge and demand that Qian Daoliu stop interfering in the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Qian Renxue arrived and told Qian Daoliu that Bibi Dong had escaped, then insisted she had fought someone identical to Ren Woxing elsewhere.
• Ren Tao appeared before Qian Daoliu, identified himself as the Sea King, and was cheered by the sea soul beasts as the two prepared to fight.

Ren Tao’s clone battled Qian Daoliu in a clash between angelic divine power and the Sea Soul Beast’s awakening powers of wind and water. The clone shattered from exhaustion, leaving Qian Daoliu collapsed and Qian Renxue searching for Ren Tao while his true body escorted Bibi Dong back to Pope Hall.

• Qian Daoliu announced that his final strike would settle his grievances with Ren Tao, while Qian Renxue insisted Ren Tao could not withstand its combined power.
• Qian Daoliu used spatial imprisonment and judgment to restrain Ren Tao, but Ren Tao broke free and unleashed his first world-destroying strike, Spear of Chaos.
• Ren Tao and Qian Daoliu repeatedly clashed in the sky as their powers stirred the sea and sparked a struggle between water and the Angel God’s flames.
• The Sea Soul Beasts roared their support for Ren Tao as the battle pushed both fighters to the brink of collapse.
• Ren Tao’s clone shattered from exhaustion, ending the fight and leaving Qian Daoliu too exhausted to stand.
• Qian Renxue declared Qian Daoliu the winner but searched for Ren Tao, unaware that his true body was escorting Bibi Dong back to Pope Hall.

Qian Renxue took the weakened Qian Daoliu back toward Xilu City, while Bibi Dong invited Ren Tao to join Spirit Hall. The Million-Year Soul Bone crisis ended without the expected war, changing Douluo Continent’s history, and the Sea God and Asura God began plotting to start another war to advance their stalled inheritances.

• Qian Renxue ordered her group south and questioned Qian Daoliu about his defeat by Ren Tao, while he warned her not to fight Ren Tao before becoming a god.
• Bibi Dong invited Ren Tao to help her at Spirit Hall, but he left without accepting.
• The three empires stayed silent about the Million-Year Soul Bone, rumors spread about Emperor Xue Beng, and Dai Mubai and Tang San received recall orders.
• The crisis ended with the war between the three empires postponed, averting the battle at Jialing Pass and sending Douluo Continent’s history onto a different course.
• The Sea God and Asura God complained that their inheritances had stalled, then decided they needed another war.

After a month of upheaval at sea, Bo Saixi asked Ren Tao to let Tang San pass his Fourth Trial, offering knowledge about the Sea God Trident and the possibility of becoming human again. Ren Tao agreed only if the trial conditions changed, then challenged Tang San to another match.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing asked Bo Saixi to begin their Black Level Five Trials early so they could return home, but she told them to wait for Tang San.
• Bo Saixi asked Sea Witch to invite Ren Tao to the island and arranged for him to meet her in private.
• Bo Saixi urged Ren Tao to let Tang San pass his Fourth Trial, explaining that the Sea God Trident might reveal how a Martial Soul could become a physical object.
• Ren Tao considered the offer and decided to investigate the secret at Spirit Hall, but said he would agree only if the trial conditions changed.
• Ren Tao went to Tang San's Bamboo House and challenged him to another match.

Ren Tao questioned Tang San’s guilt and offered to let him pass Sea God’s Fourth Trial if he could defeat him by any means. Tang San proposed a footrace around Sea God Mountain, but Ren Tao used multiple clones to gain an advantage, prompting Bo Saixi to confront him.

• Ren Tao asked Tang San whether he felt guilty about killing Spirit Hall Soul Masters and the Evil Spirit Orca Group, and Tang San defended his actions as necessary for his trials.
• Ren Tao said Tang San could pass the Fourth Trial by defeating him however he chose, and Tang San challenged him to race fifty laps around Sea God Mountain without soul power.
• Tang San sprinted ahead while Sea Island’s guardian Douluos and other spectators gathered to watch and jeer at Ren Tao.
• Ren Tao created over a dozen clones that jogged in sync, leaving Tang San to realize the race favored Ren Tao.
• Bo Saixi confronted Ren Tao over his clones, but he insisted he was using neither soul power nor soul skills and threatened to withdraw his offer.

After Tang San barely completed the Fourth Trial, Ren Tao faced his Evil Spirit Orca underlings’ questions about why he would not take revenge on humanity. He admitted his helplessness and broke down in tears, leaving the orcas and Shui Ling’er crying with him.

• Bo Saixi disqualified Ren Tao from the contest, and Tang San received notice that he had barely completed the Fourth Trial.
• The Shrek Five Monsters gathered around Tang San to check the Fifth Trial, while Xiao Wu appeared and watched him with concern.
• Ren Tao returned to Sea Soul Island, where Ha Jun asked why he spared Tang San and refused to avenge their fallen clanmates.
• Ren Tao explained that killing the Shrek Seven Devils could bring a devastating war against the sea soul beasts, then bowed to his underlings and apologized for failing them.
• Ren Tao wept openly, and Ha Jun, the other orcas, E Laosi, and Shui Ling’er joined him in mourning.

Ren Tao reconciled with the Evil Spirit Orca Group, then was summoned into the transformed Sea of Inheritance and discovered that its evolution had lost direction. He considered using the seafood and the Sea Witch’s forbidden power to restore it, but the chapter left his next step unresolved.

• Ren Tao comforted the Evil Spirit Orcas, promised to protect them, and received their renewed trust and vow to protect him.
• Shui Ling'er and E Laosi told Ren Tao they had driven off a lone Demon Soul Great White Shark, which might become Tang San’s Eighth Soul Ring.
• The Sea of Inheritance summoned Ren Tao and appeared as a bleak, sorrowful sea, where he found a Drift Bottle containing the Evil Soul Master Notes about creation and destruction.
• Ren Tao realized the Sea of Inheritance was under his control but had lost its correct evolutionary direction, leaving his future form uncertain.
• Ren Tao considered whether devouring the Sea Witch’s stored seafood could replenish the Sea of Inheritance and whether her forbidden power could suppress harmful mutations.

Ren Tao led the Sea Soul Beast Alliance through plans for training elites, investigating Purple Pearl Island, and launching a trading business. He recruited Sea Witch to help sell goods on Sea God Island, then encouraged her dream of going ashore and promised to help find the vanished Merfolk.

• Ren Tao ended the sea beasts’ argument over their younger generations by proposing a tournament to select thirty elite students for their new school.
• Shui Ling'er and Yin Zhang disagreed over Purple Pearl Island, so Ren Tao proposed investigating the pirates before deciding whether the island should remain.
• E Laosi proposed making money to gain respect, and Shui Ling'er suggested trading on Sea God Island; Ren Tao outlined a business plan and said he would seek supply channels from the Spirit Hall Empire’s empress.
• Ren Tao asked Sea Witch to help distribute goods on Sea God Island, but she revealed her interest in business and her wish to travel on land.
• Ren Tao told Sea Maiden Douluo a happy ending to the mermaid princess’s story, encouraged her dream of going ashore, and revealed that the Merfolk had mysteriously disappeared.
• Sea Maiden Douluo resolved to keep searching for the Merfolk, while Ren Tao felt renewed hope about his own uncertain future.

Ren Tao led the sea soul beasts to bring Purple Pearl Island under the Sea Soul Beast Kingdom’s control, while his Sea of Inheritance remained unrecovered. He left the island with Zi Zhenzhu agreeing to join, and the pirates submitting to his rule.

• Ren Tao mobilized three hundred-thousand-year sea soul beasts and traveled to Purple Pearl Island to secure its pirates as allies and establish a logistics hub.
• Jin Hai attempted to negotiate with Zi Zhenzhu, but she mocked Ren Tao and rallied her pirates to challenge his authority.
• Ren Tao took Zi Zhenzhu into a hut, and she agreed to join the Sea Soul Beast Kingdom after their encounter.
• Ren Tao returned to his underlings and ordered them to handle the rest before leaving the island.
• The pirates submitted to Ren Tao, while he told Hu Dong and Tae Hee that he had made a necessary sacrifice for his career.

Ren Tao brought the Sea Soul Beast Alliance to Sea God Island, where he recognized Bo Saixi’s warning too late and discovered that Tang San and the gods had drawn tribulation lightning against him. As the Asura Sword pierced him and the lightning engulfed him, Ren Tao faced the heavenly tribulation alone.

• Bo Saixi invited the Sea Soul Beast Alliance to witness Tang San pull out the Sea God Trident, and Ren Tao agreed to go with the others.
• Ren Tao sensed danger on Sea God Island and ordered everyone to find Sea Maiden Douluo, while Ran Laowu stayed behind and Ren Tao kicked him away.
• Shui Ling'er identified the gathering storm as tribulation lightning aimed at Ren Tao, who fled out to sea but could not escape its lock.
• Tang San appeared in golden armor and directed the Sea God's power toward Ren Tao, while the Asura Sword pierced Ren Tao and revealed that the gods wanted him dead for disrupting war and taking the Sea God's faith.
• Ren Tao realized he had to endure the tribulation and raised his middle finger at the sky before the lightning swallowed him.