In a secluded underground location hundreds of millions of miles away from the Clear Sky Sect's headquarters, Tang Zhen anxiously waited beside a teleportation array altar for the return of his father Tang Chen.
Long before the plan even began, they had already chosen their escape route, secretly dividing their clansmen into hundreds of groups and sending them away. Tang Chen and those sect experts stayed behind not to cover their retreat, but to put on a show for the world.
After all, if they all fled the sect's base, it would make them seem guilty and could arouse suspicion from other forces. But it would be different if some of them stayed behind and fought against the Spirit Hall Empire. Even if all of them were to sacrifice themselves, it would still be worthwhile.
Now all they're waiting for is for their father Tang Chen, to truly return!
Just as Tang Zhen was anxiously waiting, a figure suddenly appeared out of thin air from the altar and then tumbled down in a disheveled state.
Tang Zhen looked closely and was immediately shocked, for the disheveled figure was none other than his father, Tang Chen.
Tang Chen looked extremely miserable at this moment, with his right arm severed at the shoulder and a penetrating sword wound in his chest.
"Father!"
He rushed forward to help his father up, but Tang Chen stopped him sternly.
"Don't come any closer! My wound still has remnants of the Qian Daoliu Sword Qi; you can't withstand it!"
Struggling to sit up, Tang Chen looked at his injuries with a mixture of emotions, especially the penetrating sword wound on his chest, where powerful sword energy still lingered.
The reason he stayed at the Clear Sky Sect was to personally test the true strength of the experts from the Spirit Hall Empire. However, he did not expect that it would be Qian Daoliu who came, and Qian Daoliu's strength far exceeded his expectations.
Throughout the entire battle, he was suppressed and was no match for Qian Daoliu.
If he hadn't used the secret method passed down by the Asura God to condense six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone into divine armor, greatly increasing his defensive power, and hadn't prepared an escape route in advance, he would probably have been cut down by Qian Daoliu's sword long ago.
"Did none of Tang Ming and the others escape?"
Seeing that there was no further response from the teleportation altar, Tang Zhen's expression grew even more gloomy, as if they had once again underestimated the strength of the Spirit Hall Empire.
"That little bastard did it! He should have been strangled back then!"
Tang Chen's expression also turned even colder, and he felt a renewed sense of regret.
If time could be reversed, he would definitely strangle that little bastard to death immediately, otherwise he wouldn't have become such a major scourge to their Clear Sky Sect.
Of course, although Tang Chen and his son Tang Zhen felt sorry for those who died in the sect battle, even if they could do it all over again, they would still make those people stay and die.
They all obtained the new cultivation method deduced by Yu Xiaogang, and their strength and cultivation progress have indeed greatly increased.
However, to maximize the effectiveness of the new cultivation method, it is best to start cultivating according to the new method from childhood.
Those who remained earlier had all adopted new cultivation methods midway through their training, and their existing foundations could not be altered or strengthened, thus their potential was quite limited.
The Titled Douluo who died in the last interdimensional war were in the same state, so they didn't care about the loss of these people.
What truly needs to be valued is the younger generation who have started cultivating a completely new method from scratch; they are the future of the Clear Sky Sect.
However, the strength displayed by the Spirit Hall Empire this time is too great, it seems that their Clear Sky Sect will have to lie low for a while.
Meanwhile, in another hidden underground space, Tang San, who had just awakened, sought out his mother, Tang Yuehua, who had been taking care of him, after a day of silence.
"You want to establish a completely new sect?"
Tang Yuehua looked at her son, who stood in front of her with a cold expression, with great surprise. She knew her son's personality very well and was well aware that he was intelligent enough to see through their past schemes.
Therefore, she had long been mentally prepared to deal with the changes that would occur after her son's incident.
She never expected that her son would want to establish a sect, a completely new sect independent of the Clear Sky Sect.
"The sect I founded is called the Tang Sect, and its core legacy will be my Self-Created Soul Skill..."
Tang San explained his thoughts in detail, because establishing a sect requires a massive amount of resources, and he could never succeed on his own. He needed his mother's consent.
That's right, the sect he wanted to establish was the Tang Sect, which he had been in before he transmigrated; this was an idea he had long held.
However, as the young sect master of the Clear Sky Sect in this life, it was absolutely impossible for him to establish his own independent sect. But this time, the Clear Sky Sect's decision to go into hiding for a period of time gave him an opportunity.
He was not weak-minded; Xiao Wu's two Immolation to him had already made him guess some of the inside story. However, he was much smarter than his father Tang Hao, and did not think too deeply about it, thus suppressing those thoughts in time.
Some things are better left unsaid and out in the open.
After all, the mastermind behind all this was his closest relatives. If the truth were forcibly revealed, he wouldn't know how to face them.
Therefore, the best approach is to play dumb, bury everything deep inside, and pretend you don't know anything.
"The sect's structure is very well-developed; it seems you've had this idea for a while!"
Tang Yuehua took a deep look at her son before her, without dwelling on it too much. After a moment's thought, she said, "I will prepare for the establishment of the Tang Sect for you. However, before that, you need to obtain the inheritance of our Clear Sky Sect's ancestors from your grandfather, which is the set of cultivation techniques and combat skills that your father practiced."
Your Self-Created Soul Skill and techniques are decent, but they're only decent; they're not powerful.
These alone are not enough to establish a foothold on the continent today!
Although she had some understanding of her son's Self-Created Soul Skill, she didn't know much about them, and judging from their effects, they seemed to be just so-so.
It's impossible to build a powerful sect based on these things, especially in today's Feng Yun world.
The ancestral legacy became the opportunity for his son to rise to prominence.
Her own son also inherited the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, and his aptitude far surpasses that of her husband, Tang Hao. If he obtains that inheritance, he will surely become even stronger and far surpass her husband's past achievements.
It might even be possible to catch up with that forbidden man!
"Father's martial arts techniques? Didn't Father say I wasn't yet skilled enough to master them?"
Tang San's eyes shone brightly; he had long coveted his father's inherited martial arts techniques.
He had asked his father to pass on the inherited cultivation technique before, but his father always refused, saying that his foundation was insufficient and he was unable to cultivate it.
Is it possible now?
"Don't listen to your father. You're already a Soul Douluo, just like your father when he received the ancestor's inheritance. He could cultivate back then, so can you!"
Even if Tang Hao, Tang Yuehua's eyebrows furrow as soon as he is brought up, clearly still very dissatisfied with her husband.
Tang San wisely kept quiet. He was well aware that his father, mother, and even his grandfather and great-grandfather had deep conflicts, and that it was not something a junior like him had the right to interfere in.
However, Tang San was very excited, after all, the martial arts techniques inherited from his father were incredibly powerful, far more powerful than the Tang Sect Secret Arts that he brought with him after his transmigration.
If he could obtain that inheritance, the Tang Sect he founded would surely become even more powerful.
Because this invasion of the Abyss Plane occurred within the Douluo World, and even in the early stages, it involved large-scale clashes with the Soul Beast Clan and the Spirit Hall Empire.
Although other powerful families, clans, noble families, and wealthy clans did not participate in the battle, they watched the entire process from a distance.
Because it was witnessed firsthand, the shock it brought was far greater than the interstellar war that Wang Hao waged with his Nineleaf Sword Grass body.
Whether it was the formidable combat power displayed by the Spirit Hall Empire's legion, the terrifying might of the Abyss Plane, or the super-giant Heaven Swallowing Devil Whale that appeared at the end, all of them brought a deep shock and even terror to many forces.
Under immense pressure, all factions spare no effort to enhance their strength, especially in terms of top-tier combat power.
After just a few months of discussion, all forces turned their attention to the inheritance of the gods, which was their only chance to obtain top-tier combat power.
Therefore, all factions launched their own god-making plans. At the same time, whether by coincidence or inevitability, previously hidden temples of divine inheritance appeared one after another, driving all factions into a frenzy.
It's important to know that these are all legacies of righteous gods who possess Godhood. Even if one cannot obtain their divine Godhood, one can still overcome the final hurdle like Tang Chen and become a god at level 100. This is quite powerful, a meteoric rise to godhood.
Time passed slowly. Although various forces were secretly carrying out their god-making plans, the open war between the Great Emperor and the Spirit Hall Empire continued. In fact, with the help of certain forces, the scale of the war was even expanding.
However, in the twentieth year since the start of the Imperial War, something earth-shattering happened.
The Heaven Dou Empire's Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, commander of the Heaven Dou Crown Prince Empire's legion, led his troops to besiege the legion composed of various forces, forcefully demanding that the powerful figures of each force pledge allegiance to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
How could the powerful figures of all sides possibly agree to such a demand?
Then they decisively launched a counterattack, but the result surprised everyone.
The allied forces of powerful clans and sects, which had many strong members, were actually wiped out by the legion led by the Heaven Dou Crown Prince. The annihilation was quite easy and swift, and it didn't even cause much casualties to the Heaven Dou legion.
The Heaven Dou Legion's strength is one aspect, but the main reason is that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family has brought out an incredibly terrifying weapon. With a single strike, it can turn everything within a radius of dozens of miles into dust. Even a powerful Titled Douluo would have no power to resist such might.
At the same time, Xue Ye, who was in charge of the empire, also took action, ordering the empire's legions to disperse and surround the strongholds of aristocratic families, clans, and wealthy clans, demanding their surrender.
The result was naturally another great battle. However, with the help of forbidden weapons, the Heaven Dou Empire still emerged victorious, while all sides suffered heavy losses, with a large number of sects, families, nobles, and wealthy families being wiped out.
This powerful weapon was specially developed by Qian Renxue's organization based on information obtained from her grandfather.
Although the information on this weapon was not valued by the Spirit Hall Empire after it appeared, because although the weapon was currently very powerful, it did not have much room for improvement and could not keep up with the Spirit Hall Empire's ever-increasing strength, so it had to be abandoned.
Most importantly, manufacturing such a powerful weapon requires a massive amount of precious resources, which the Spirit Hall Empire considers a considerable loss.
However, the fact that the Spirit Hall Empire doesn't think highly of Qian Renxue, who is impersonating the Heaven Dou Crown Prince, doesn't mean that Xue Ye thinks highly of her!
After understanding the power of this weapon of mass destruction, Xue Ye immediately ordered the use of the empire's accumulated resources over tens of thousands of years to mass-produce it.
It was precisely because of these powerful weapons that Xue Ye chose to confront all the forces at large and achieved this remarkable result.