Chapter 24: It Has Begun.

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Tang Zhen's Soul Skills:

Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon:

1st: Three Thousand Thunder Movement (Purple)

2nd: Tesla Prison (Black)

3rd: Thunder Emperor's Armor (Black)

4th: Heaven's Shockwave (Black)

5th: Thunder Emperor Lance. (Black)

6th: Judgement of Heaven and Earth (Red)

7th: Martial Soul Form (Red)

8th: Thunderclap Dominion/ ? (Red)

9th: ?/ ? (Gold)

Haotian Hammer:

1st: ?/ ? (Red)

2nd: ? (Red)

3rd: ?/ ? (Red)

4th: ?/ ? (Red)

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There was an eerie silence that surrounded the group except for the gnashing of teeth coming from Tang San.

Tang Zhen stared at Tang San for a moment before he responded.

"You know, you're either really brave or really stupid to come out of your hiding hole escorted by only a handful of soul kings and soul emperors" He mocked.

One of the guards got angry summoning his martial soul.

"Hmpf. We are more than enough to handle any trash outside. After all we are disciples of the mighty Haotian Clan." He said arrogantly.

"So you resort to bullying brokenhearted girls? How mighty of you." Tang Zhen said in a mocking tone.

"Oh my what a handsome man. If you come quietly and beg for forgiveness, I can ask my husband to let you become my new toy and you can serve me as my new body slave. Although you are tainted by that filth of that overgrown lizard clan, you still have our mighty hammer which certainly dominates your genes. What do you say?" One of the girls at Tang San's side said coquettishly eyeing the man up and down.

Xie Yue started sweating hoping that Tang Zhen would remember that he was there before flying into a rage and destroying the environment and he would suffer from collateral damage. But then what would he...

Xie Yue started to freak out and create some random scenarios that were totally blown out of proportion.

Tang Zhen in the mean time was helping Huo Wu up and get free from the binds of the Blue Silver Grass. He saw everyone looking at him before he asked.

"Hmm? Did you say something?" He responded with a raised eyebrow.

Hearing this the girl had a giant tick mark on her head and Xie Yue realizing he was fine tried not to burst out into laughter.

"HOW DARE YOU IGNORE ME YOU FILTHY HALF BLOODED TRAITOR!" She roared.

Tang Zhen just picked his ear with his pinky before blowing on an imaginary ear wax piece saying that he was hard of hearing towards the ground.

"Man I swear some creatures sure have a shrill annoying sound right brother Xie Yue?"

At this point Tang San couldn't take it anymore and he roared out in anger.

"KILL HIM!"

"Brother Xie Yue, take Huo Wu to the side and protect her." Tang Zhen said.

Tang Zhen released his Haotian Hammer.

Tang San saw the hammer and narrowed his eyes. Tang Zhen's hammer had the same pattern on it as his dad's. Then it dawned on him. When his father brought him to the supposed entrance to Slaughter City, it was closed and therefore, he couldn't go there to obtain the Death God Domain.

Without even releasing his Death God Domain, Tang Zhen walked forward calmly advancing towards Tang San who watched with increasing anxiety as he watched his guards try and fail to kill Tang Zhen.

Tang Zhen was just meeting each hammer attack head on with one hand before smashing through theres and obliterating their bodies left and right.

In the back Huo Wu watched in stunned silence as the man next to her protected her from the other assailants trying to capture her.

Xie Yue was cutting down the lower level guards with his Moon Blades.

Huo Wu knew that he was part of the Martial Soul Hall. Had Tang Zhen joined them Martial Soul Hall?

Tang Zhen walked towards Tang San who had tried to use his First Soul Skill of his Blue Silver Grass to bind Tang Zhen and tried to use his Second to poison him but before he could, Tang Zhen just slammed his hammer on the ground causing the vines to explode.

Seeing this didn't work, he tried to use his Fourth Soul Skill to trap him in a cage.

Tang Zhen saw the cage and saw his fourth ring which was purple. He sighed. Tang San still got the cage even without his 10,000 year ring.

He just lightly tapped his hammer against the cage which shattered upon contact.

Seeing that his abilities failed,Tang San pulled out his newly craft Zhuge Divine Crossbow and shot it at Tang Zhen who just swatted the bolts away like they were nothing.

Finally he couldn't take it anymore, his anger boiling. Tang San summoned his Haotian Hammer and rushed at him before Tang Zhen just broke it with a swing of his.

Falling to his knees, Tang Zhen trapped the remaining three people in his Second Soul Skill.

Once the fighting was over, Xie Yue and Huo Wu walked over to where Tang Zhen was and saw him trap Tang San and the two girls in a Tesla Prison.

"TANG ZHEN! LET ME GO!" Tang San roared. None of his abilities helped him. His hidden weapons were useless, his Xuantian Skills were useless, and he was too weak.

"It seems the Haotian Clan has grown even more than we thought if they could afford to send out a low level protection squad like this into the outside world. That, or they are extremely arrogant." Xie Yue remarked.

"I think it might be the latter brother." Tang Zhen said mockingly.

The two women with Tang San were too scared to say anything.

Tang Zhen turned to Huo Wu.

"You can do whatever you want to him but you cannot kill him. That honor belongs to my wife." Tang Zhen said.

Tang San was scared and confused. His wife? Could he be talking about Xiao Wu?

Huo Wu looked displeased and was about to argue when she felt someone grab her arm. Looking over she saw Xie Yue shaking his head as if telling her not to argue.

Huo Wu said nothing but she walked up to Tang San who was trying to calm her down.

"Huo Wu. You wouldn't hurt me would you? I mean I came back for you like I promis- AH!"

Tang Zhen and Xie Yue watched in horror as Huo Wu raised her heels and proceeded to repeatedly stomp Tang San in the groin as he screamed.

After what felt like an eternity, she stomped back over to the two who were pale. She gave them a side glance.

"He'll live. Was that a problem?" She said coldly.

Both of them shook their heads furiously as she stormed off.

Tang Zhen looked back at Tang San moaning in pain holding his crotch.

Tang Zhen released the other two women.

"Go back to the clan and tell them that their day of reckoning is coming." He said coldly.

They tried to grab Tang San but were stopped and forced to leave alone.

"Brother why didn't you kill him?" Xie Yue asked.

"For the same reason I have Yu Xiaogang locked up in the dungeons of the Heaven Dou Empire. It's to draw the clan out into the open. Plus, Tang San and Tang Hao are both Ah Yin's to kill. Not me." Tang Zhen replied.

Tang Zhen grabbed Tang San and tied him up and brought him back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.

Once they arrived, Tang Zhen went to find Ye Lingling to ask her to heal Tang San at least to the point where he won't die from the damage to the groin area. Although she did leave him in considerable pain, Tang San's life was no longer in danger.

"Husband, why did you not kill him out right?" Ah Yin asked with disdain towards Tang San.

Tang Zhen pulled his wife into his arms and kissed her making her melt at his touch.

"I told you, my beautiful Ah Yin, that I would one day deliver Tang Hao and Tang San to you. They will die. Whether or not you want to deal the killing blow or not is up to you."

"I do. They are no longer a part of my life. They are part of a past that I would like to forget. I will kill them as a way of closure for that dark past and look forward to a brighter on with you." She said softly.

"That sounds lovely Ah Yin. But tell me, how many children should we have together?" He teased, causing Ah Yin to blush like crazy as she playfully smacked his chest.

Huo Wu saw the two interacting and couldn't help but feel jealous. While Tang Zhen was undoubtedly attractive, in fact too attractive, she didn't feel a romantic attachment to him.

She was just jealous at the fact that they had a loving relationship while she waited for so long for a scumbag. Huo Wu dejected, walked away.

Bibi Dong noticed something and slyly smiled. She walked up to her brother.

"Brother, if you don't hurry, someone else might confess to her and she might accept." Bibi Dong whispered as she caught her brother staring at Huo Wu.

For the first time Bibi Dong caught her brother blushing and stammering like crazy which made her laugh happily.

After he kept denying it, Bibi Dong eventually got angry.

"BROTHER! I'LL SMASH A ROCK OVER YOUR HEAD AND WE'LL SEE WHO IS TRULY DENSE AND STUBBORN! GO CHASE AFTER HER!" She yelled as she picked up a "rock" which in reality was a boulder.

Xie Yue terrified, scurried away to chase after Huo Wu.

Xiao Wu seeing this couldn't help but laugh.

-Haotian Clan-

Back at the Haotian Clan mountain fortress, the two women that returned were getting beaten for allowing Tang San to get captured.

Tang Xiao had his head in his hand. His brother would not be happy.

Speaking of which, he has not returned to the clan for a long time. Even though he sent him to go be with their sister to watch over her, he should have been coming back to at least check on Tang San.

"Clan leader, Tang San has been captured by the mongrel Tang Zhen. We must go save him! It's finally time to come out of hiding!" One of the elders said.

"That's right, Tang San has impregnated multiple women of our clan and the seed has been planted. Whether or not our gamble paid off is yet to be seen. But we cannot lose face." Another said.

Tang Xiao was not foolish. The grudge that Tang Zhen held towards the clan was not small. He also knew of his father Tang Lei and his status as the true genius of the clan.

Sadly he chose to marry that admittedly stunning woman from that blue lizard clan.

"I will leave the decision up to a vote by the elders. We are now at a point of no return regarding the conflict with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and it will escalate. So we will vote to see who wants to go after Tang Zhen or focus on the lizard clan matters?" Tang Xiao said.

After a vote, it was unanimously to hunt down and kill Tang Zhen. The longer he stayed alive, the more their reputation suffered.

"Brothers, I have a better idea." The Second elder said calmly. Sounding like he was about to bite the dust at any moment.

Everyone turned to see what the ancient fossil wanted to say.

"Why not invite Tang Zhen back to the clan to start a secondary branch of the clan? The children will not be taught any clan techniques from the clan but they will still be allowed to cultivate our great hammer if they inherit it but we can keep them at level 60 they will serve as the fodder for our main clan. If they manifest, any other useless martial souls, we can either kill them or they can live as a servant as a normal person. In return, we can ask for Tang San back." He said.

Everyone was praising him for his great idea.

The Second Elder looked smugly at Tang Xiao. Tang Xiao was gritting his teeth. The Second Elder was always eyeing his position as clan leader. But the only thing keeping him at bay was that Tang Xiao was stronger than him and he had Tang Hao's support. As of now, only the Seventh Elder openly opposes Tang Xiao supporting the Second but he felt that the others eventually may be swayed.

-Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.-

As agreed, they sent out members of the clan to go find him. On the way, they interrogate, pillage, and kill whoever they please. Eventually, they track down Tang Zhen to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. 

"Figures that half-breed would be hiding in a useless clan like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. Let's get this over with. Just their weakness makes me want to vomit." Tang Hu said.

The others with him started to laugh and they kept talking bad about the other clans.

Once they arrived, they were speechless. The front gate was massive and the walls rose extremely high. They were actually surprised before that surprise turned into greed.

"Brother Hu, this place is only worthy to belong to our clan. We should make it a part of the deal and demand they hand it over to us." One of them said.

"Mhm. I agree this will be our new home." Tang Hu said arrogantly as he walked to the guards out front.

"Make way for you new masters you trash!" Tang Hu yelled to the guards.

The guards hearing this got angry and drew their weapons.

"Who are you to come to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan and cause trouble." One of the guards said.

"Hmpf. We are from the Haotian Clan now show respect and call Tang Zhen to come out here right now and greet me properly." Tang Hu said.

"Pfft. HAHAHAHA!" The guards started to laugh.

"WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT YOU WEAKLINGS?!" Another Haotian member said upset.

"You think you can come here and demand things from Lord Tang Zhen?" 

"HA! You would call that half-breed, Lord?" Tang Hu said. 

".....*sigh* I guess the Haotian Clan members will soon be no more." One of the bystanders said.

"It's better that way. The world has survived without them. They're always acting like they own the world." Another said with some indignation. He had been robbed by Tang San's group earlier.

"Hey, it's okay, Lord Tang Zhen will take care of them eventually. No need to worry about it anymore." 

The Haotian members were getting angry. How dare these useless people mock their great clan?

"Hey! You idiots! Don't you know who you are trying to call? Lord Tang Zhen killed the Ghost Douluo Gui Mei by himself! You're merely ants in front of him!" Shouted a young boy angrily. These idiots dared to insult his idol. The rest of the crowd joined in to mock them.

Tang Hu and his group all summoned their Haotian Hammers ready to discipline this group of rabble.

"What is going on here?" An elegant voice called out. Sounds of heels clicking could be heard as three figures appeared.

The group looked up and was stunned by the absolute goddess that was at the top of the stairs of the entrance.

"It's Lady Bibi Dong!"

"Wahhh! She is so gorgeous!"

"As expected of Lord Tang Zhen's Wife!"

Murmurs broke out making comments about her before the other two had a sweat drop form.

"What are we chopped liver?" The forgotten souls? Xie Yue and Yan.

Hearing that this beauty was Tang Zhen's Wife, Tang Hu couldn't help but smirk.

"It seems at least the half-breed has good taste in women. Once he comes back to the clan, I'll make sure to visit you for a night and if you please me enough, I'll give you my essence. With my seed, your bastard child will at least be stronger than what that useless husband of yours could produce anyways." He said causing the others to howl in laughter.

Xie Yue and Yan hearing the filth coming out of the trash's mouth was about to strike but Bibi Dong held her hand out.

"HAHAHA Brother Hu! I think she likes the idea, she is pretty quiet! After you do you think I can get a tur-" The fodder didn't get to finish as a black knife was embedded in his skull as his eyes didn't even get to roll back as he fell over dead with a smile on his face. Eyes devoid of life.

Then all of a sudden a huge pressure formed around the group and a majestic dragon appeared behind Bibi Dong followed by 7 rings of Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Red.

The rest of the group turned to look around but didn't see any people around. The only thing left were the outlines of where the people should have been before it disappeared.

"Sixth Soul Skill, Heaven and Earth Splitting Maelstrom." Bibi Dong said coldly.

Suddenly, the group felt like they were constantly sinking into the earth as a swamp had formed and was slowly dragging them under. Then, they felt a massive gust of wind coming down from the sky as it twisted their upper bodies and pulled them upwards as blades of wind was taking chunks out of their flesh. Not long after, their bodies minus their heads were shredded into small pieces as their legs were crushed under the pressure of the earth from the swamp.

".....Dong'er every time I see that move, I feel bad for the opponents. You're too cruel. It's always the quiet ones." Yan remarked.

Bibi Dong gave him a side death glare before an evil smirk formed on her face.

"I wonder what Sister Jiang Zhu would say if I told her you said that."

Yan paled in fear. His usually sweet and calm girlfriend turned into a monster when provoked. Last time she beat him with her healing staff repeatedly saying she would just heal him later but for now he would have to suffer the consequences.

"Eheheh... Sister Bibi, you are the most elegant, the most beautiful, the most..."

"Hoh is that so Yan?" Yan froze sensing his death was near before he could do anything he was bonked over the head with a staff before being dragged off by a cursing Jiang Zhu promising pain.

Xie Yue wisely remained silent sending a prayer for his friend.

"And you brother? Do you think-"

"Oh! Huo Wu is calling me!" Xie Yue didn't give Bibi Dong a chance to ask anything before taking off. 

Bibi Dong turns to audience and flashes the V sign with a smile.

"Dong'er what happened?"

"Husband~!" Bibi Dong jumped into Tang Zhen's arms and rubbed her face against his chest happy to see him.

"Dong'er why is there blood everywhere and heads on the ground?" He asked in confusion.

"Hmpf. Husband it was the Haotian Clan that came to bully you and then they bullied me!" She whined to him. She explained everything that Tang Hu had said before the sky grew dark and Golden Thunder started to appear.

"It seems like I won't have the patience to wait for the Haotian Clan to come out. I was going to humiliate them but now I will make sure that none survive. It seems like it has begun." Tang Zhen said in anger.

"Husband you succeeded already?!" Bibi Dong asked in happiness and awe.

"No not yet. I am very close. Celestial Thunder must have formed in my anger." Tang Zhen replied.

Very recently, he was traveling through the Thunder Plains when he found an old cave. What drew him there was the energy he could feel once he reached the Titled Douluo level.

There was an empty room. He thought it may have been nothing but then he heard something call out to him, towards the back of the room was a circular symbol. He didn't know why but he channeled his Thunder energy into it and it lit up before receding and a flight of stairs appeared. He followed it down to an open room with a coffin. Taking a closer look, he noticed inscriptions that he couldn't read.

Tang Zhen felt the urge to open it and when he did, the only thing inside was a broken armor. Yet it was brimming with a power that frightened Tang Zhen. He tried to step away but the armor suddenly flew into his chest as he felt an absurd amount of raw Thunder energy coursing through him. The pain was unbearable and he passed out.

When he woke up, he realized he was floating in a different space. He called out to the void but received no answer. 

"Did I die?" He thought in despair.

"No, you did not die young one." A soothing voice sounded in the void. In that cold, dark place, it was refreshing to hear.

Out of nowhere a green vine came towards him before wrapping around itself forming a cocoon and a beautiful woman emerged.

Tang Zhen could feel nothing from her. Which meant two things. She was just a projection, or she was a god. Someone much higher than him to where a Titled Douluo couldn't sense her energy.

"My name is Tang Zhen, may I ask for the lady's name?" He asked respectfully.

She smiled at him.

"I know who you are Tang Zhen. I have been watching you for a while now." She said.

This alarmed Tang Zhen.

"Are you perhaps, a Deity my lady?" He asked softly.

"Yes. I am from a realm above the Supreme God-King and your patron the Dragon God." She replied.

Tang Zhen couldn't help but gasp in shock. From the original story, the Supreme God-King, the Dragon God, was the highest level of a deity that was seen.

"I understand your confusion. You might not know about the God realms yet, but you will become one yourself soon. As for my name, it is Liu Shen. Or better known as the Willow Deity." She said softly.

"Liu Shen? Willow Deity?........WAIT! THE WILLOW DEITY FROM WANMEI SHIJIE?!?!?!" Tang Zhen cried out in horror. What the fuck happened that she could be here? 

Tang Zhen felt a sense of Deja Vu coming.

....Tang Zhen.exe has stopped working.

"Perhaps that was too much for him?" Liu Shen remarked with amusement.