The five great elders, apart from the hotheaded and obstinate Seventh Elder Tang Lie, were all loyal protectors of the sect, proud to their very bones, unwilling to bow even before the mighty Spirit Hall. Yet to preserve the Clear Sky Sect and its overall resources, the five had abandoned the Four Single-Attribute Clans they had once subdued and taken as affiliates, leaving them to suffer Spirit Hall's reckoning. Their crimes were heinous!
Sect Master · Tang Xiao's martial soul was the pure Clear Sky Hammer. He had not cultivated any particular attribute after awakening, instead following his grandfather Tang Chen's approach of adding strength soul rings. He primarily added strength soul rings, shattering all techniques with strength. His soul ring configuration was two yellow, two purple, and five black, his soul power was level 95, and his title was Sky Roar! He possessed a sect-inherited soul bone over ten thousand years old!
Though he valued his bonds, endured in silence, and held the greater good in his heart, acting steadily with the overall situation in mind, he lacked independent judgment and was constrained by the five great elders at every turn. He wished to protect the Four Single-Attribute Clans but was powerless to do so. More crucially, he did not believe his younger brother Tang Hao, who had plunged the sect into its current predicament back then, had done anything wrong. He was always thinking of contacting Tang Hao and bringing him back to the sect!
(Note: the five great elders' combination technique was an anime original. Also, these five elders' soul power levels were actually another two to three levels higher, while Tang Xiao was level 96, just short of breaking through to level 97. But there were still many years before Tang San first returned to the Clear Sky Sect, so let's set them all a few levels lower.)]
(Which side do you sweeties think would win in this illustration?)
The revelation shook both worlds.
But before the beings of both worlds could digest it,
golden light surged across the Sky Screen again, revealing information about the other world:
[Clear Sky Sect (Manga World)] [Core Members' Combat Strength and Conduct: the Clear Sky Sect's core fighting force consisted of one sect master and six sect elders! First Elder · Tang Ming, martial soul: Clear Sky Hammer. He primarily cultivated the divine attribute after awakening and added exclusively divine-attribute soul rings. Soul power: level 93. Title: Divine! Second Elder · Tang Qingqing, martial soul: Clear Sky Hammer. She primarily cultivated the wind attribute after awakening and added exclusively wind-attribute soul rings. Soul power: level 93. Title: Whirlwind! Third Elder · Tang Shuming, martial soul: Clear Sky Hammer. He primarily cultivated the metal attribute after awakening and added exclusively metal-attribute soul rings. Soul power: level 92. Title: Golden! Fourth Elder · Tang Ziyi, martial soul: Clear Sky Hammer. He primarily cultivated the water attribute after awakening and added exclusively water-attribute soul rings. Soul power: level 92. Title: Hate Ghost! Fifth Elder · Tang Fangrui, martial soul: Clear Sky Hammer. He primarily cultivated the lightning attribute after awakening and added exclusively lightning-attribute soul rings. Soul power: level 91. Title: Violent Thunder! Sixth Elder · Tang Yuran, martial soul: Clear Sky Hammer. He primarily cultivated the fire attribute after awakening and added exclusively fire-attribute soul rings. Soul power: level 91. Title: Blazing Burn! The five great elders shared the same soul ring configuration: two yellow, two purple, and five black. They had also all mastered three of the Clear Sky Five Secret Techniques: Sky-Piercing Strike, Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer!
(In the row on the left, counting from nearest to farthest, the first was the Fourth Elder, the second the Fifth Elder, and the third the First Elder.)
(In the row on the right, counting from nearest to farthest, the first was the Sixth Elder, the second the Third Elder, and the third the Second Elder/female.)
Sect Master · Tang Xiao's martial soul was the pure Clear Sky Hammer. He had not cultivated any particular attribute after awakening, instead following his grandfather Tang Chen's approach of adding strength soul rings. He primarily added strength soul rings, shattering all techniques with strength. His soul ring configuration was two yellow, two purple, and five black, his soul power was level 95, and his title was Sky Roar! The sect master and the six great elders were connected by blood, possessed martial souls of comparable quality, and differed little in level and soul power, making them exceptionally compatible. Based on the theories left behind by the Clear Sky Ancestor and Tang Chen, they had spent years researching and developed a combination technique exclusive to the Clear Sky Hammer: the Seven Luminaries Unified Origin Hammer! It could unleash an ultimate strike several times stronger than the seven's combined power, with its current might approaching that of a level 98 Moon-Breaking Realm Super Douluo!
(Note: the seven-person combination technique was a manga original, powerful enough to contend with level 98. It was described here as approaching level 98 because there were still many years to go according to the original timeline, so their current overall strength should be a level or two lower.)
The six great elders' conduct and actions were comparable to those in the Anime World. To preserve the sect and its remaining resources, they severed ties with the affiliated Four Single-Attribute Clans they had once subdued, leaving them to suffer Spirit Hall's reckoning. Their crimes were heinous! Yet though the six were proud to their bones, they sought stability amid that pride rather than acting recklessly, concealing their brilliance and biding their time as they sought an opportunity to take revenge on Spirit Hall. Tang Xiao's character was the same as in the Anime World. He valued his bonds, endured in silence, and held the greater good in his heart, acting steadily with the overall situation in mind. Though he had independent judgment, he had to consider the six great elders' words at every turn. He likewise wished to protect the Four Single-Attribute Clans and did not believe his younger brother Tang Hao had done anything wrong! The sect's most crucial fighting force at present, however, was the Immortal Legacy · Eight Hammers Barrier Formation left behind by the Clear Sky Ancestor. It was forged from eight Heaven and Earth Soul Rings and the Clear Sky Ancestor's divine soul. The eight soul rings had been dropped by ancient soul beasts and brought back into the mountains by the Clear Sky Ancestor through special means to serve as the formation's eight nodes. Each soul ring continuously absorbed the energy of heaven and earth for nourishment, and each had reached the seventy-thousand-year level! It had two methods of combat: The first was soul power absorption and conversion. It could actively absorb the soul power of external enemies' attacks, and even continuously extract the soul power of enemies within the formation. This could both weaken opponents' fighting strength and convert the absorbed energy into defensive reserves for the formation. In theory, the fiercer the enemies' attacks, the greater the formation's staying power became. The second was the ultimate mountain-defending counterattack. When the pressure borne by the formation reached a threshold, the Clear Sky Ancestor's divine soul sealed within its core would be activated to counterattack the enemy. Its might touched the threshold of god level, and its pressure alone could shatter the joint protective barrier of six Titled Douluo elders!]
Once the information about the factions in both worlds had been fully revealed,
the Sky Screen immediately presented the result of this round's comparison:
[Round two's comparison of [Core Members' Combat Strength and Conduct] has concluded!] [Clear Sky Sect (Manga World) wins!] [Score]: [Clear Sky Sect (Anime World): 0 points!] [Clear Sky Sect (Manga World): 2 points!] [Shortly, the third and final round's comparison of [the Original Future's Most Glorious Moment] will begin!]
The very next second after the gilded words settled upon the Sky Screen,
both worlds erupted at once, as though struck by thunder.
"The Manga World's Clear Sky Sect won again! Two victories in a row!"
"My heavens! The Anime World's Clear Sky Sect actually has a five-person formation combination technique!"
"The Anime World counts for shit! The Manga World has a seven-person combination technique approaching level 98!"
"And the Manga World's Clear Sky Sect has a Mountain-Protection Grand Formation that can actually trigger a counterattack at the threshold of god level?!"
"No wonder Spirit Hall couldn't take down the Clear Sky Sect. Besides fearing Tang Chen, this Mountain-Protection Grand Formation must have been another reason!"
"Isn't the anime side far too inferior? They're both the Clear Sky Sect, so why are their foundations and combat strength as far apart as heaven and earth?!"
"Never mind whether the Manga World has a Mountain-Protection Grand Formation approaching god level. Even without it, their seven-person combination technique could instantly wipe out the Anime World!"
"How can you make that comparison? There are no what-ifs. This Mountain-Protection Grand Formation has to be there!"
"Why? It's only a comparison."
"The rules cannot be broken! Only by establishing the rules first can the road ahead grow wider! Better not to make the comparison than to break the rules! Without this Mountain-Protection Grand Formation, it burns my heart!"
"But isn't the Clear Sky Sect's conduct in both worlds awful? They abandoned the Four Single-Attribute Clans for their own interests! How disgusting!"
Anime World.
Suotuo City, Shrek Academy.
"Gasp! The Manga World's Clear Sky Sect is actually this powerful!!"
Everyone present was stunned by what appeared on the Sky Screen.
A formation approaching the threshold of god level-that had to be a tier above a level 99 Peerless Douluo, right?!
"Yu Great Shit!"
Ning Rongrong spoke first, breaking the atmosphere of shock:
"Didn't you just say that Heaven and Earth Soul Rings were formed from the soul power of heaven and earth?"
"Now the Sky Screen's account is closer to my guess: they were dropped by ancient soul beasts! How do you explain that?!"
At those words, everyone present turned to look at Yu Xiaogang in unison.
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