"What?! The King of Slaughter?!"
Snow Empress cried out softly, her eyes filled with disbelief.
The absolute king and ruler of Slaughter City today!
A terrifying, evil being steeped in endless bloodlust year after year!
He was actually Tang Chen, the Peerless Douluo of the Clear Sky Sect who had vanished many years ago!
"Daddy, before... why did you never tell me?"
Snow Empress asked instinctively, a somewhat different emotion in her voice.
In fact, she had asked about the situation inside Slaughter City more than once before.
After all, it was said to be a place of divine inheritance, yet Daddy had never revealed anything to her.
Ye Han shook his head, not paying it much mind, and said casually:
"Some things simply aren't convenient to discuss with outsiders."
"Outsiders?"
Snow Empress froze abruptly, as though something had pricked her, her lips trembling slightly:
"Daddy... have you always thought of me as an outsider?!"
How many years had she spent keeping him company in Utopia, following him every step of the way?
She had regarded him as her sole support, yet in the end, she was merely an outsider in his heart?
Ye Han was taken aback too, not expecting her to seize on that word.
Turning to see the rims of her eyes reddening slightly, he could not help feeling somewhat helpless.
"Little snow girl, what are you thinking? How could you be an outsider? You're the most important person to me in this world."
"It's just that this matter concerns a deity. The fewer people who know, the better, to avoid causing upheaval in the outside world."
As he spoke, Ye Han raised his hand and gently ruffled the top of Snow Empress's head.
Those words, "the most important person," coupled with that affectionate physical contact, flowed into Snow Empress's heart like a warm current.
Snow Empress felt a slight sting in her nose. She bit her lower lip, looked up into Ye Han's eyes, and asked softly:
"Then, from now on, can Daddy tell me everything?"
"I want to know everything Daddy knows..."
Ye Han paused. Why did that feel somewhat suggestive?
But thinking of how they currently addressed each other, he took it as a daughter's dependence and eventually nodded:
"All right."
Light instantly shone in Snow Empress's eyes. She moved a little closer and asked softly:
"Then can Daddy tell me about Slaughter City now?"
Ye Han nodded helplessly, taking it as mere curiosity, and immediately began explaining at an unhurried pace.
While the two were talking.
The revelations on the Sky Screen continued.
They drew the attention of the beings of the Two Worlds back to the Sky Screen.
[The scene continued inside the main hall on Bright Moon Mountain.]
[The Clear Sky Token's golden light still flowed through the hall. The six elders and Tang Xiao knelt on the ground, yet their expressions still held some difficulty.]
[Third Elder Tang Shuming raised his head and looked at Tang San, who stood in the hall. His Adam's apple bobbed as he said gravely:]
["Child, with the Clear Sky Token here, we will naturally obey Brother Tang Chen's orders."]
["But as things stand, whether we return to the world is no longer something we can decide."]
[Tang San frowned, tightening his grip on the Clear Sky Token, his tone carrying some confusion:]
["Why?! Seeing the Clear Sky Token is the same as seeing Great-Grandfather here in person. Isn't this enough to prove that these are his orders?"]
[He had returned with his great-grandfather's token, bringing hope for the sect's revival. Were these elders still going to put up one obstacle after another?]
[Third Elder Tang Shuming continued, "There is something you don't know. When the sect sealed the mountain back then, we fully activated the Immortal Legacy · Eight Hammers Barrier Formation left by the Clear Sky Ancestor to guard against an invasion by Spirit Hall."]
["This formation uses eight Heaven and Earth Soul Rings as its cores, drawing upon the Clear Sky Ancestor's divine soul to guard it. Once fully activated, anyone outside who has reached Titled Douluo can no longer enter unless someone from our sect guides them in!"]
["And that isn't all. Once the formation is activated, to prevent the sect's powerful members from going out and drawing attention, anyone who reaches Titled Douluo cannot leave, no matter what!"]
[Tang Xiao also rose to his feet and looked at Tang San, bitterness in his eyes:]
["Xiao San, a combined strike from me and the six elders already touches Level 98, yet we cannot break this formation at all!"]
["Unless a powerful Peerless Douluo like Grandfather Tang Chen comes in person, no one can undo this mountain-sealing formation!"]
[The hall fell silent for a time. Only the candles crackled, illuminating the helplessness and dejection on everyone's faces.]
[Tang San froze too. Once someone reached Titled Douluo, they could no longer leave?!]
[Come on, man, he was a Titled Douluo right now...]
[Tang San stared at everyone for a long while. After a moment of silence, he suddenly stepped forward, his gaze as sharp as a blade. "What if I can break this Immortal Legacy · Eight Hammers Barrier Formation?"]
[At this point, I have no choice but to break it. If I do, I'll lead the sect back into the world; if I don't, having already broken through to Titled Douluo, I won't be able to leave this place either!]
[Those words struck like a boulder crashing into a tranquil lake, shocking the entire hall.]
[First Elder Tang Ming abruptly raised his head, even his grizzled beard trembling. "What did you say?!"]
["I said, I'll break the formation." The golden light of the Clear Sky Token in Tang San's palm grew brighter, every word ringing with weight. "If I can break this Immortal Legacy Grand Formation through my own strength, then, elders, Sect Master, you will leave the mountain with me and stand together against Spirit Hall!"]
[His tone was as decisive as cutting nails and slicing iron, without the slightest hint of a joke.]
[The six elders exchanged looks, each seeing shock and disbelief at the absurdity in the others' eyes.]
[This Immortal Legacy · Eight Hammers Barrier Formation was a Mountain-Protection Grand Formation that touched the threshold of God Level! Only a Level 99 Peerless Douluo coming in person had any chance of breaking it!]
[Tang San was a junior, so young that he could be no higher than Soul Douluo at the absolute most, yet he dared make such wild claims?!]
[Sixth Elder Tang Yuran was just about to rebuke him when First Elder Tang Ming raised a hand to stop him.]
[Tang Ming studied Tang San for a long while, then said gravely, "Very well! I'll take that wager."]
["If you truly can break the Immortal Legacy Grand Formation, everyone in our sect will obey your commands, leave the mountain with you, and take revenge on Spirit Hall!"]
["But if you cannot break it..."]
["If I cannot break it, I will leave Bright Moon Mountain immediately, never mention acknowledging my ancestors and returning to the sect again, and never set foot in the Clear Sky Sect again!" Tang San picked up his words without hesitation.]
["Good!" Tang Ming shouted. "It's a deal!"]
[As his words fell, everyone in the hall rose and clustered around Tang San, heading out of the main hall toward the summit of Bright Moon Mountain.]
[That was precisely where the central core of the Immortal Legacy · Eight Hammers Barrier Formation lay!!!]
The image on the Sky Screen froze on their retreating figures as they headed toward the summit.
The next second, it was as though a thunderclap had exploded across both worlds in their separate timelines.
"What? This Tang San is going to break the Immortal Legacy · Eight Hammers Barrier Formation?!"
"Did I hear that right? That's a Mountain-Protection Grand Formation that touches the threshold of God Level!"
"The Sky Screen already said it before. This was left by the Clear Sky Ancestor, and its ultimate counterattack can touch the threshold of God Level!"
"You'd at least have to be a Level 99 Peerless Douluo to qualify, wouldn't you? How could a junior like Tang San possibly break it?!"
"He looks barely over twenty. At that age, reaching Soul Douluo would already be the absolute limit, yet he dreams of breaking a God Level formation?!"
"But judging by the description of Tang San's thoughts on the Sky Screen, he seems to have already become a Titled Douluo? But how is that possible? How old is he?!"
"Does he really think that holding Tang Chen's little Clear Sky Token hammer makes him Tang Chen, invincible under heaven? What an idiotic pipe dream!"
As the beings of the Two Worlds buzzed with discussion.
The revelations on the Sky Screen continued...
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