Chapter 122. Thousand Thieves, I will never forgive you.
Titan flicked his whip and said, "I want to do what I want. I will severely punish you two unfilial sons and grandsons on behalf of my master."
As he spoke, Titan whipped Taino and Tailong directly.
Taino made a muffled sound from the beating, and Tailong screamed in pain. A bloody mark was left on his body from the beating. It was obvious that Titan did not hold back.
After finally enduring the first beating, Titan whipped Taino again, leaving another beating mark on Tailong's back. "Stop, stop, grandpa, why are you hitting me?"
Taino did not speak. It was obvious that he already knew why his father hit him, and he could only endure it silently.
"Why did I hit you?" A fierce gleam flashed in Tai Tan's eyes. He cracked his whip and said, "Since we, the Li clan, have already acknowledged our master, we must serve him faithfully. How dare you say such outrageous words?"
"Today, I, your old slave, will teach you two rebellious slaves a lesson on your behalf."
Tai Tan whipped Tai Nuo and Tai Long twice, then said, "Do you know you were wrong?"
"I know, father," Tai Nuo said, lowering his head.
"I know I was wrong, grandpa," Tai Long said with tears streaming down his face.
Tai Tan flung his whip aside and said tearfully, "Tainuo, Tai Long, the pain I feel when I hit you is real, but I have to. Your thoughts are very dangerous. What does this have to do with Master? He's innocent. It's just the demolition of a few Spirit Halls and the deaths of a few peasants. The Spirit Hall is making a big deal out of nothing, causing our Power Clan and the Haotian Sect to bear a blood feud. We should hate the Spirit Hall, not Master."
"Yes, Father, but the Spirit Hall is so powerful that our Power Clan will never be able to avenge us in our lifetimes," Tai Tan said sadly.
"Don't worry, Qian Xunji is nothing. Six years ago, Master beat Qian Xunji to a pulp with a single blow of his hammer. Now Master is even more powerful. As long as our Power Clan remains loyal to Master, Master will definitely avenge us," Tai Tan said.
With that, Tai Tan knelt at the front of the central courtyard. Then, turning to Tai Nuo Tai Long, he said, "Come here and kneel down."
Tai Nuo Tai Long and the others obediently came to Tai Tan's side and knelt as well.
After the three generations knelt, Tai Tan, tears streaming down his face, said, "Master, my Power Clan has been nearly wiped out today. Only three generations remain to serve you. You must remember our blood feud and stand up for us."
With that, Tai Tan braced himself on the floor with one arm and kowtowed vigorously. Tai Nuo Tai Long followed suit, kowtowed with unwavering force. It was unknown how long this continued until the three generations' foreheads were bloodied and bruised. Simultaneously with the Spirit Hall's declaration of war against the Haotian Sect, all Spirit Halls across the continent issued a public announcement, announcing the Spirit Hall's declaration of war to the world.
Tang Hao had originally planned to go out and find a Spirit Hall, smash it with a hammer, vent the last of his frustration, and then go find the person who took Ah Yin away.
But when he saw the Spirit Hall's announcement, he was immediately furious.
"Spirit Hall—this was done by me, Tang Hao. I take the blame for my actions alone. What does this have to do with my sect?" Tang Hao roared angrily. "If you have the guts, come and trouble me, Tang Hao. What's the point of harassing my sect?"
The Haotian Sect had already declared war on the Spirit Hall. Tang Hao could only rush non-stop, heading back to the Haotian Sect to support his own sect.
Father, Brother Xiao, and Elder Tang Xuan, you must hold on. Nothing must happen to the Haotian Sect.
Otherwise, I will regret it for the rest of my life.
The Spirit Hall had been at war with the Haotian Sect since the moment they declared war, and Tang Hao's location was too far from the Haotian Sect to reach without traveling several days. Even before Tang Hao reached the Haotian Sect, he learned of the general situation of the war between the Haotian Sect and Spirit Hall from the soul master community.
The Haotian Sect suffered a crushing defeat, surrendering unconditionally to the Spirit Hall. Countless disciples perished, and the entire sect's women were abducted by the Spirit Hall. They were also forced to relocate to the reserved lands reserved for the Haotian Sect by Tang Chen's grandfather. They were also forced to change their name from Haotian Sect to Haozi Sect, and all the sect elders had their arms chopped off by the Spirit Hall.
Crucially, most crucially, his father, Tang Tian, was reduced to a human stick, castrated, and taken away by the Spirit Hall. His sister, Tang Yuehua, was also abducted by the shameless Qian Xunji.
Upon hearing this news, Tang Hao's eyes were bloodshot, nearly bursting, his breath like steam coming in and out of his thick nostrils.
"Father, sister, brothers and sisters of the sect!" Tang Hao let out a shrill wail, and then—enraged—Tang Hao swung the Haotian Hammer and launched a barrage of attacks.
An exposed Titled Douluo was terrifying. Fortunately, Tang Hao wasn't in a city, but rather in the suburbs, surrounded by hills and a few small villages with smoke rising from their chimneys.
Over the past few hours, Tang Hao's fury had intensified, and his hundred-meter-long Clear Sky Hammer had nearly razed the hills and surrounding villages to the ground in an instant.
Looking at the surroundings that had been reduced to ruins by his own immense power, Tang Hao still felt unsatisfied. He roared towards the sky with every curse word he could think of, "Thousand thieves, traitors, evil thieves, traitors, I, Tang Hao, will never reconcile with you. The grudge of imprisoning my father, the hatred of kidnapping my sister, the revenge of destroying my sect... I, Tang Hao, will one day set foot on the Spirit Hall and take the lives of you, the thousand thieves."
After venting his anger, Tang Hao burst into tears again, tears streaming down his weathered face. Tang Hao knelt down in the direction of the Haotian Sect and said with tears in his eyes:
"Haotian Sect, the sect that gave birth to me and raised me, it is I, Tang Hao, who am sorry for you. It is I, Tang Hao, who have caused you such great trouble. It is I, Tang Hao, who have caused the Haotian Sect to fall into such a state. I, Tang Hao, cannot make amends. I can only wait for Xiao San to grow up in the future, avenge Ah Yin, avenge my father and sister, and avenge the Haotian Sect, and then-"
"I'll die as an apology!"
With that, Tang Hao kowtowed profusely towards the Haotian Sect. After a while, his forehead was already bloody and bruised.
Tang Hao stood up. If his previous revenge against the Spirit Hall had been solely due to Ah Yin's disappearance, and Tang Hao couldn't find the real culprit behind Ah Yin's disappearance, so he had no choice but to seek revenge against the Spirit Hall, then at this moment, Tang Hao's hatred for the Spirit Hall had reached a fever pitch, to the point where he wished to eat their flesh, drink their blood, and sleep on their skin.
(End of Chapter)