Chapter 78 93.94. Haozi Arrives with an Invincible BGM
God Realm, Eternal Temple
Huo Yuhao checked the movements of all parties in his divine vision. Under the godly sight, almost simultaneously, both the Spirit Hall and the Hao Tian Sect had mobilized because of the one-hundred-thousand-year soul beast. In the end, who would block Tang Hao was really hard to say.
"Xie Di." Huo Yuhao contacted the Evil Emperor in the lower realm.
"Master, do you have any orders?" the Evil Emperor asked.
Huo Yuhao said, "Leave the matter with the Spirit Hall to you. Let those actors enter the stage later — what I want to see is the Hao Tian Sect family ethics drama."
"As you command, Master." the Evil Emperor replied.
After ending the contact, Huo Yuhao picked up the Eternal Chronicle and began to prepare.
Fate is subtle beyond measure. When used perfectly, you can slay people invisibly. The Eternal Chronicle in Huo Yuhao's hand, which records all things, was like a Death Note: he could manipulate someone's fate, killing them without a trace — letting them choke on water, collapse and die after going to the toilet — all that was possible.
Of course, everything comes at a cost. Changing fate is no different; only Huo Yuhao was able to bear it.
"Let me see, how should this be arranged best?" Huo Yuhao pondered. Soon, narrative tracks of several people appeared on the pages. Huo Yuhao made a few edits with his pen and then closed the book.
Watching the scene in his vision of Tang Hao fleeing with A Yin and Little Tang San, Huo Yuhao taunted, "Haozi, you fly with confidence. Big Bro Hao is always with you. Don't worry—this time I'll ensure your prestige shakes the world. There's a god king serving you behind the scenes; that's your good fortune."
After the entire Hao Tian Sect mustered out, they threw themselves at Tang Hao's hideout, only to find a burned-down house with nothing left inside.
Tang Tian said, "That bastard actually ran away. How shameless is he to not even face me, his father?"
"Sect Lord, Tang Hao shouldn't have run far. We should split up and pursue from different directions; this will speed the search," Tang Mie suggested.
"Fine. Search mountains and scour seas — we must bring Tang Hao back to me," Tang Tian said.
Thus, the contingents Tang Tian brought split and chased from various directions.
Along the way they searched and questioned people. Eventually Tang Qi, Tang Lie, and Tang Qizhen managed to find Tang Hao's trail.
"Tang Hao, I finally caught your tail," Tang Qi said.
Tang Qi — a Level 93 Title Douluo, whose martial soul was the Hao Tian Hammer, with the title Qitian.
Tang Qi was of the same generation as Sect Lord Tang Tian, but he was over twenty years older. Due to limited aptitude he had been stuck at Level 93 for decades.
"Father," Tang Lie asked, "should we notify the other parties to come and surround Tang Hao?"
Tang Qi shook his head. "No need. If other elders get involved, we might not even get a chance to take a sip of that one-hundred-thousand-year soul beast's soup."
Tang Qizhen's eyes twitched and he said, "Grandpa, are you trying to hog that one-hundred-thousand-year soul beast for yourself?"
Tang Qi nodded, then told Tang Lie, "Lie'er, this one-hundred-thousand-year soul beast is prepared by your father for you."
Greed surged uncontrollably in Tang Qi's heart when he learned of Tang Hao's whereabouts.
Since Tang Chen's branch rose to prominence, they had indeed pushed the Hao Tian Sect to a peak, but this dominance had kept other branches submissive.
Now Tang Chen was trapped in the Divine Trial and could not return, the Hao Tian twins had slaughtered each other over a woman, Tang Xiao was disabled, and Tang Hao had committed such disgraceful acts.
As a branch member, Tang Qi naturally had ambitions. He thought of replacing the main branch. Once such ambition ignited, it spread like wildfire.
But Tang Qi could not achieve taking over the sect by himself — his aptitude had reached its limit. Without opportunity, he would stay where he was. Tang Qizhen was still young. So he pinned his hopes on Tang Lie.
"But my soul power is only Level 87," Tang Lie raised his concern. "It's not time to absorb a soul ring yet. If we don't absorb it now, would we have to keep the beast and raise it for years? That greatly increases the chance the sect discovers it."
Tang Qi said, "Who says at Level 87 you can't absorb that soul ring now? There's a method to let you absorb this ring immediately: leap several years of cultivation and go straight into the Title realm."
"Oh? Father, what method is that?" Tang Lie asked.
"Soul beast sacrifice," Tang Qi spat those cold words, then explained the method to Tang Lie and Tang Qizhen.
Tang Lie's eyes lit up. According to his father, if that one-hundred-thousand-year soul beast willingly sacrificed itself to him, he'd skip years of cultivation and leap to the Title Douluo realm — complete with a one-hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone.
"But how to make such a one-hundred-thousand-year soul beast willingly sacrifice itself?" Tang Lie asked.
A crafty light flashed in Tang Qi's eyes. "Maternal instinct is universal; what mother wouldn't love her children? If that one-hundred-thousand-year soul beast produced a beast-man for Tang Hao, then that beast-man is her soft spot. If we can take that beast-man hostage and hold Tang Hao down, we might force that soul beast to give you the sacrifice."
Tang Lie brightened. "Father, that's feasible."
Fine wine and a beautiful face sway men's hearts. The allure of a one-hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone was irresistible to a Douluo like Tang Lie.
"With your aptitude, entering the Title Douluo realm is only a matter of time, but becoming a top Title Douluo is impossible without talent. Only with a one-hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone can you qualify to enter the true peak — the Level 98 Super Douluo ranks," Tang Qi said. "The former sect lord Tang Chen used innate Level 10 soul power and a one-hundred-thousand-year soul ring to break to Level 99, raising our Hao Tian Sect to unprecedented heights."
After saying this, Tang Qi told Tang Lie, "If that one-hundred-thousand-year soul ring goes to Tang Hao, he might reach Tang Chen's height. But that idiot prefers the beast's beauty and gave birth to a beast-man. It's an utter disgrace. Since he refuses the ring and the soul bone, we'll take it instead. With such a foundation, your future assault on the Super Douluo realm — becoming Level 96 or 97 Super Douluo — will be only a matter of time. You can even push to 98. At that time, our branch will dominate the Hao Tian Sect."
The three of them finalized the plan and immediately set off in the direction the informant had indicated.
Soon they arrived at Taro City.
Entering Taro City, Tang Qi and the others saw people gathered around, discussing something.
They joined to look and discovered a ruin. From the debris it appeared to be the Spirit Hall in this city.
People were rescuing at the site, but what they unearthed were bloody pieces of flesh.
"This is... the aura of the Hao Tian Hammer," Tang Qi easily sensed the dissipating Hao Tian Hammer soul power in the air.
"Qizhen, go and find out what actually happened." Tang Qi felt a sudden unease.
"Yes, grandfather." Qizhen said and dove into the crowd.
Not long after, he returned to report: "Grandfather, people say that a cloaked figure in black — face obscured — a Hao Tian Hammer Douluo, used the Hao Tian Hammer to destroy this Spirit Hall."
"A Hao Tian Hammer Douluo? Tang Hao — it must be that child of disgrace." Tang Qi ground his teeth: "Doesn't he realize how big a mess he's making?"
Tang Qi's hatred wasn't merely for the destroyed Spirit Hall or the deaths in its ruins. What enraged him more was Tang Hao's giving birth to a beast-man with a soul beast — an incident the Hao Tian Sect would rather not publicize. That precious one-hundred-thousand-year soul beast, though there was internal strife, everyone had agreed to secretly take it; it must not be handed to outsiders.
But Tang Hao, you damn fool — you swing your Hao Tian Hammer and destroy Spirit Halls everywhere. Are you intentionally drawing the Spirit Hall's Title Douluo to you?
"Grandfather, what should we do?" Tang Qizhen asked.
Tang Qi's face turned pale. "This will not go unanswered. The Spirit Hall will act soon. We must intercept Tang Hao before the Spirit Hall gets to him. Pursue at once."
Molun City
Today was a good day for martial soul awakenings. Villages nearby and six-year-old children in the city were all prepared.
The steward lined the children up and then summoned his own martial soul — the Lone Wolf!
"Children, look, this is my martial soul: the Lone Wolf," the steward proudly said. Beside him hung two soul rings, one white and one yellow.
"My uncle's martial soul is a wolf. I wonder what mine will be," a little girl asked.
"Wow, such a cool martial soul. Uncle, will I have such a cool martial soul too?" a chubby boy looked at the steward's martial soul with longing.
"I can't promise that," the steward said. "But everyone has their own martial soul. It will help you in some way, won't it?"
"Come on, children, line up. One by one. Uncle will help you awaken your martial souls," the steward said.
At that moment, a BGM suggesting invincibility seemed to sound.
"If you open your eyes in a nightmare and face this cruel world,"
Outside, the sky had unconsciously grown overcast.
"Look, over there," someone pointed out of the window of the Spirit Hall. The distant sky was darkening, as if something was brewing.
"The wind plucked someone's heartstrings; longing leaves no time for farewells."
Far off, a black dot strode across the air toward them. Around him floated eight soul rings in hues of yellow, purple, black and other dark shades.
"Look—eight soul rings! That's a Douluo!" The children and the Spirit Hall's Soul Masters forgot about the martial soul awakenings for a moment; strong Soul Masters were rare sights.
The man grabbed and a black Hao Tian Hammer fell into his hand. He raised the hammer high.
"If the ending is only tragic, have no fear breaking out of the cocoon against the wind,"
The hammer in his hand grew big and bigger and bigger. He looked down at the Spirit Hall from on high. To him, the people inside seemed like a nest of ants.
"What is he doing?" Seeing the hammer grow bigger and bigger, someone finally realized something was wrong.
"Run!" the steward shouted. With that he grabbed two children and bolted toward the Spirit Hall's exit.
"Even if wings are torn, return to the nineteen-layer abyss,"
The cloaked man's eyes revealed profound killing intent. He raised the Hao Tian Hammer and shouted, "Spirit Hall, face death."
Then the dozens-of-meters-wide hammer descended.
Some people, paralyzed by fear, found their legs turn to mush; they wanted to flee but couldn't move. Others reacted and began to run. In the cloaked man's eyes, the Spirit Hall's people were just a frightened nest of ants.
"Hold your hand, move forward, black night or day, do not stay — you will be bruised, you will be pained, yet still fight; that's what makes a hero —"
The enormous Hao Tian Hammer finally fell and crushed the Spirit Hall like tofu.
The steward, holding the two children, almost reached the exit; the hammer's killing intent had arrived. He used the last of his soul power to push the two children out.
In the next moment, those two children looked up and saw the giant Hao Tian Hammer fall, and the once tall Spirit Hall flatten beneath it.
Inside the hall were their mothers and the steward who had just saved their lives.
The two children looked up at the sky and saw the black-cloaked figure and the eight soul rings circling him.
"Look up: chaos and war never end. When I turn back, you're at my side. Smash the curse of fate and let the story be immortal."
After smashing the Spirit Hall, the cloaked figure turned and left.
Tang Hao destroyed the Spirit Hall and returned to a base tens of kilometers away, where he released A Yin from a secret chamber.
"We should leave now."
"Where are you going?" A Yin asked.
"Just resolving a little trouble," Tang Hao said.
A Yin didn't care. At this moment she seemed like a walking corpse, under Tang Hao's manipulation.
After confirming that A Yin didn't know what he had done, Tang Hao breathed a sigh of relief and left, carrying Tang San and A Yin.
After rebirth, many variables had changed in this life, but Tang Hao still hoped everything would return to its original track.
In the previous life, a Spirit Hall Title Douluo discovered A Yin's identity, triggering Tang Hao's great escape. But this life was different — it was a Hao Tian Sect Title Douluo who discovered A Yin's identity, and Tang Hao felt a twinge of unease.
If not the Spirit Hall hunting him, but the Hao Tian Sect? What would he do? He could neither hand A Yin to the Hao Tian Sect nor slaughter the Hao Tian Sect to protect her.
So rather than passively wait for the Hao Tian Sect to hunt him, he'd better actively provoke the Spirit Hall.
Killing Spirit Hall people posed no moral burden for Tang Hao. Thus, using the Spirit Hall's hands to force A Yin to sacrifice herself to him did not violate his vow, and he could build his Hao Tian Douluo renown from the Spirit Hall's corpses.
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