"It's Father!"
Black World.
Heaven Dou Imperial City, Crown Princes Mansion.
When she saw her father, Qian Xunji, appear in the images broadcast on the comparison heavenly screen.
Qian Renxue couldn't help but be startled, her beautiful eyes reddening slightly, her heart filled with sorrow and longing.
Unknowingly.
The father who loved her most in this world had been dead for over ten years.
Father, Xue'er misses you so much!
From the screen, Qian Renxue quickly guessed what was happening.
This should be the scene from over ten years ago when her father led Elder Ju, Elder Gui, and other Spirit Hall experts to hunt down Tang Hao and Ah Yin.
But why is this comparison heavenly screen showing this?
Qian Renxue's heart was full of confusion and bewilderment.
[In the boundless mountain forest, Qian Xunji led his people to hunt down Tang Hao and Ah Yin, while shouting loudly in a cold, aloof voice:]
["Tang Hao, surrender obediently! For the sake of the Clear Sky Sect, this Pope has shown you mercy many times. If you still refuse to surrender, then don't blame this Pope for dealing a killing blow!"]
[At this moment, Ah Yin, who was beside Tang Hao, had a flash of sorrow and determination in her blue-silver eyes. She suddenly thrust the child in her arms to Tang Hao and stopped in her tracks.]
["Brother Hao, you must protect our son!"]
[After Ah Yin finished speaking, a dazzling blood-red light suddenly erupted from her body, transforming into a blood-colored barrier that expanded in all directions, blocking Qian Xunji, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and the others outside.]
["No! Third Sister! Don't!"]
[Tang Hao's eyes were bloodshot, and he couldn't help but let out a roar of absolute grief, but he could change nothing.]
[For a moment, inside the blood-colored barrier, Ah Yin's body slowly floated up, turning into a statue like blood jade. Streams of blood-colored light were continuously released, surging into Tang Hao's body.]
[However, at this moment, the camera suddenly zoomed in, focusing on the infant in Tang Hao's arms.]
[The infant in Tang Hao's arms looked fair and tender, but his eyes were tightly shut. In such a noisy environment, he didn't have any reaction at all, as if... he were dead.]
"Is this... a sacrifice?!"
In the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
Seeing this scene, Ning Fengzhi was startled, finding it hard to believe.
"A sacrifice—isn't that something only legendary hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts can do?"
"But this woman named Ah Yin is clearly a human!"
"Wait! Could she be... a 100,000-year Transformed Soul Beast?!"
Suddenly, thinking of a possibility, Ning Fengzhi became even more shocked.
Behind Saint Spirit Village, in a beautiful valley.
Although she was planted in a dark cave with almost no sunlight.
The great power of the comparison heavenly screen allowed Ah Yin to still see everything being played in the sky.
"No! Impossible!"
"My child! My child!!"
Finding that in the comparison video, the child in Tang Hao's arms had no sound or reaction.
Ah Yin's heart trembled, thinking of a terrifying possibility. She was grief-stricken and simply couldn't accept the reality.
But thinking back to the journey of their escape.
At first, the child in her arms was crying loudly, terrified by the noises of various explosions.
However, later, at some unknown point, the child in her arms suddenly stopped crying.
There wasn't even the slightest movement.
But because they were fleeing, she didn't realize it at all; she only felt a sense of relief.
But now that she thought about it.
It was very likely that her child was already dead at that time.
Facing such a reality.
As a mother, Ah Yin felt incomparable pain, almost on the verge of collapse.
["Third Sister! Don't leave me!!"]
[Witnessing Ah Yin's sacrifice with his own eyes, Tang Hao roared in grief.]
[At this moment, the soul of Tang San from the Tang Sect suddenly appeared out of thin air, slowly floating down from the sky and possessing the body of the child in Tang Hao's arms.]
[In the next moment, this infant regained his breath and movement.]
"No! So my child was already dead."
"Now, the one in my child's body isn't my original child at all!"
Seeing this scene, Ah Yin fell further into despair and collapse, her grief absolute.
She couldn't accept this outcome!
The reason she was willing to give up her life was largely for the sake of her child.
But she didn't expect that the child was already dead.
Now, the one occupying her child's body was nothing but an ungrateful, selfish villain!
This made Ah Yin incredibly furious.
No!
She would never allow her child's body to be occupied by an otherworldly demon!
This was a desecration of her child's body!
[Under Ah Yin's sacrifice, Tang Hao's cultivation broke through all the way to rank ninety.]
[At this point, Ah Yin had already disappeared, turning into a scarlet hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, as well as a blue crystal-like right leg bone and a seed.]
[The next moment, the scarlet hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, the 100,000-year blue silver emperor right leg bone, and the Blue Silver Emperor seed all flew towards Tang Hao.]
[Among them, the hundred-thousand-year spirit ring instantly settled onto Tang Hao, allowing him to break through to become a Titled Douluo.]
[As for the 100,000-year blue silver emperor right leg bone and the Blue Silver Emperor seed, they were put away by Tang Hao into his storage soul tool.]
[After the sacrifice was completed, that massive blood-colored barrier finally vanished.]
["Aaaaaah!"]
["Qian Xunji, go to hell! Great Sumeru Hammer—Nine Rings Explosion!"]
[Tang Hao's blood-red eyes glared, veins popping on his hands as he activated his seventh Spirit Ability: Clear Sky Avatar. The Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul in his hand instantly transformed into a massive Clear Sky Hammer.]
[Tang Hao held the infant in his left arm and raised the Clear Sky Avatar with his right, rapidly taking to the air.]
[The nine spirit rings surrounding him exploded one after another, erupting with surging spirit power before turning dim. The majestic spirit power was squeezed out of the nine spirit rings and converged into the Clear Sky Avatar in Tang Hao's hand, making it incredibly massive, with pitch-black spirit power wrapping around the hammer head like a physical substance.]
[Then, Tang Hao roared and swung the massive Clear Sky Avatar heavily, smashing it towards Qian Xunji.]
[Qian Xunji shouted, trying to block it by force, but all his defensive Spirit Abilitys were crushed like rotting wood by the Clear Sky Avatar. His bones were shattered, and he was sent flying back spitting blood, crashing heavily to the ground like a broken ragdoll.]
["Your Holiness!" Seeing this, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and the other Spirit Hall Spirit Masters were all anxious, shouting as they rushed towards Qian Xunji.]
[Tang Hao, holding the child in his arms, took the opportunity to fly up and quickly escaped.]
White World, Blue Silver Forest.
Since the Tang San of the Black World came to the Douluo Continent this way and became the child of the Black World's version of me and Brother Hao.
Then Xiao Chuan should be the same, right?
Seeing the video of the Black World's Tang San on the comparison heavenly screen, Ah Yin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Because she was already mentally prepared.
So, finding out that the child of herself and Brother Hao in the Black World had unexpectedly died during the pursuit of Spirit Hall's Pope Qian Xunji before being possessed by Tang San's soul.
Thinking that Tang Chuan might be the same, Ah Yin was actually mostly happy in her heart.
After all, compared to Tang Chuan forcibly taking over her original child's body.
It was certainly easier to accept that Tang Chuan only occupied the body after her original child had died accidentally.
And the comparison video continued to play.
[After escaping with Tang San.]
[Because he was already heavily injured and had forcibly used the Great Sumeru Hammer: Ring Explosion—and with all nine rings at that.]
[This made Tang Hao's injuries even more severe. He could only take Tang San to find a place to hide and heal in secret.]
[But not long after, Tang Hao suddenly learned a piece of information.]
[Because he had killed Spirit Hall's Pope Qian Xunji, his father had died of anger, and Spirit Hall had retaliated, causing heavy casualties to the Clear Sky Sect, forcing them to close their gates and go into seclusion.]
[This caused Tang Hao to be instantly overcome with grief, crying out in pain: "No! Father! How could this be! I clearly held back my strength at the last moment. How could Qian Xunji have died!"]
[Learning that his father had died of anger and that the Clear Sky Sect had suffered heavy casualties and was forced into seclusion, Tang Hao, filled with guilt and heartbreak, ignored his own injuries and returned to the Clear Sky Sect with Tang San.]
[The original Clear Sky Sect had already turned into ruins.]
[In the back mountain, his father, the Grand Elder, and many other high-level members of the Clear Sky Sect had all died and were buried in graves.]
[Tang Hao knelt before the grave of his father, Tang Zhen, clenched his fists, and hammered the ground in regret. His eyes were bloodshot as he began to admit his mistakes in absolute grief.]
["No! Father! It's all my fault! It's all my fault!"]
["I thought that according to my plan, everything would go smoothly. Not only could I break through to Titled Douluo before the age of forty-five and surpass Qian Xunji, but I could also obtain a hundred-thousand-year ninth spirit ring and bring glory to the Clear Sky Sect once again."]
["But I didn't expect that Qian Xunji would be killed by me, leading to the current outcome."]
["If I had known this would happen, I should have listened to you!"]
["It's all my fault! It's all my fault!"]
White World, Heaven Dou Imperial City.
Seeing Tang Hao kneeling before Tang Zhen's grave in the Black World, weeping and loudly admitting his mistakes, Tang Chuan's expression couldn't help but change.
Plan?
What plan?
Could it be that his mother's sacrifice was all part of Tang Hao's plan?