Chapter 145: The Destruction of the Clear Sky Sect

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Under the corrosion of the poison, Tang Xiao melted into a pool of pus, from which four radiant lights emerged—four soul bones. 

"How strange, Your Holiness! How could the Clear Sky Sect have such an abundant reserve of soul bones? Tang Xiao and Tang Hao alone possessed ten, all of them at the ten-thousand-year level," Porcupinefish Douluo exclaimed in astonishment. 

He himself had only two soul bones—one obtained from killing Dugu Bo and the other granted to him by Qian Daoliu when he reached Rank 96 and became an enshrined elder. However, he had never taken residence in the Worship Hall, as the divine light from the Angelic Statue would purify the poison in his martial soul, weakening his strength. 

"The Clear Sky Twin Stars traveled the continent for years, and their soul power advanced much faster than it would have within the sect. These soul bones were likely acquired by Tang Xiao and Tang Hao during their journeys," Qian Renhan remarked, extending a hand to absorb the four soul bones and the storage ring left behind by Tang Xiao's remains. 

"So, those two bastards must have slaughtered countless ten-thousand-year soul beasts!" 

Porcupinefish Douluo roared in anger. Whenever a ten-thousand-year soul bone appeared on the continent, the Spirit Hall's intelligence network would undoubtedly catch wind of it and dispatch forces to seize it. If such a soul bone were auctioned, the Spirit Hall would definitely intervene in the bidding. Yet, neither of these had happened, which could only mean that Tang Xiao and Tang Hao had massacred an immense number of soul beasts to obtain these soul bones—an unfathomable waste of precious ten-thousand-year soul rings! 

"The Clear Sky Sect is nothing but a selfish bunch of beasts. They squandered so many resources for their own gain! And Tang Hao even fell in love with a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form—such hypocrisy!" 

Porcupinefish Douluo was seething with rage. At first, when His Holiness ordered him to poison and eradicate every man, woman, and child in the Clear Sky Sect, he had thought the Pope was being too ruthless. But now, he realized that the Pope's decision was completely justified. If the Spirit Hall had behaved like the Clear Sky Sect for all these years, the soul beast population would have been driven to extinction long ago! 

While Porcupinefish Douluo was caught up in his thoughts, Qian Renhan was instead marveling at Tang Xiao's devotion as both an elder brother and a righteous man. Though he and Tang Hao were both considered the Clear Sky Twin Stars, Tang Xiao had taken nine years longer to reach the Titled Douluo level. This suggested that, during their travels, he had given all the best soul bones they obtained to Tang Hao, helping him break through while leaving himself with only two. It was likely that, after recognizing the identity of the Blue Silver Emperor as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, he chose to stop hunting soul beasts to avoid breaking her heart. And even now, he had stayed true to that decision. 

What a pathetic fool! 

"Patriarch!" 

"The Patriarch is dead!" 

"The poison—!" 

With Tang Xiao's death, the members of the Clear Sky Sect finally noticed the deadly poison spreading down from the mountain peak. With eight Titled Douluo and the formidable Qian Renxue descending upon them, and a lethal poison capable of wiping them all out creeping up from behind, the morale of the Clear Sky Sect crumbled. Despair filled the faces of its members. 

Among the Clear Sky Seven Elders, six were Titled Douluo, while the top-tier Soul Douluo, Tang Lie, and the Third Elder had already fallen. Five Titled Douluo should have remained below, yet only four were present—had one been sent to another peak? 

Qian Renhan sneered, his entire body shrouded in dark soul power. With a single step, he landed atop the Clear Sky Sect's treasury, enveloping it with soul power to shield it from Porcupinefish Douluo's deadly toxins, preventing the destruction of the invaluable treasures within. 

Atop the mountain, Porcupinefish Douluo unleashed his full power, releasing poison to exterminate every last member of the Clear Sky Sect—men, women, and children alike. The toxic mist surged downward at an alarming speed. 

Below, the battle raged on. Several elders of the Clear Sky Sect each commanded a Clear Sky Formation in an attempt to resist the Spirit Hall. However, against Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo's Dual-Level Static Domain, they were rendered motionless like statues, mere sitting ducks. Ghost Leopard Douluo then swiftly decapitated them one by one with his claws. 

"Second Brother! Fourth Brother!" 

The Fifth and Seventh Elders howled in anguish. 

When attacking an army, take out the general first. When hunting a beast, aim for its master. With the activation of the Dual-Level Static Domain, the Spirit Hall naturally prioritized eliminating the strongest foes first—Tang Xiao, the Second Elder, and the Fourth Elder had all fallen. As for the Third Elder, he had died long ago. 

"Spirit Hall, why must you do this to our Clear Sky Sect? We have never wronged you! Tang Hao has long been expelled from our sect! Even our ancestor, Tang Chen, was once friends with your Grand Worshipper!" 

The Fifth Elder roared in grief and fury. 

Qian Renxue smirked coldly. "Tang Hao has nothing to do with you? According to reliable sources, both Tang Hao and Tang San had ties to Tang Yuehua of your Clear Sky Sect as early as the Soul Master Tournament. Your sect has even been secretly supplying Tang San with resources for his cultivation. And you call that 'having nothing to do with him'?" 

"Tang Hao colluded with the soul beast realm, siding with the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor! Tang San did the same, allying with the hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit! For their sake, they turned against our Spirit Hall! The Clear Sky Sect harbored these criminals—death to them all!" 

"All Spirit Hall forces, hear my command! No surrenders accepted—kill them all!" 

Once again, Qian Renxue became a streak of light, wielding the Angelic Sacred Sword as she charged toward the Yu Clan of the Clear Sky Sect. Wherever she passed, the clan members were mercilessly cleaved in half, including their leader, Niu Gao. The Yu Clan, once renowned for its unparalleled defense, crumbled before the razor-sharp divine blade. With the Clear Sky Sect's final line of defense shattered, another bloody massacre ensued. 

"Xiao xue's mindset is still not ruthless enough." 

Within the Clear Sky Sect's treasury and the Po Clan's medicinal field, Qian Renhan shook his head as he overheard Qian Renxue's words. She understood that he had no intention of absorbing the remaining disciples of the Clear Sky Sect. Once the sect was destroyed, any surviving soul masters would inevitably stir chaos across the continent. However, Qian Renxue still retained a sliver of light within her heart—she refused to profit by making commoners suffer endlessly. Instead, she opted to exterminate every last Clear Sky Sect soul master, eliminating the problem at its root. 

But such an approach would provoke a desperate, last-ditch counterattack from the sect's members, leading to greater casualties among Spirit Hall's forces. 

If it were Qian Renhan in command, he would have pretended to accept the Clear Sky Sect's surrender, allowing both direct and collateral disciples to lay down their arms. Then, once their soul power was sealed and they were rendered powerless, he would have slaughtered them all. 

Of course, such actions would leave a lasting stain on one's reputation. But as Qian Renhan had always said, reputation was nothing more than fleeting dust. His own name had long been as tarnished as Qian Xunji's, dragging at the bottom of the continent's infamy. 

"Yang'er!" 

Drenched in blood, the Seventh Elder, Tang Lie, let out a heart-wrenching scream. His bloodshot eyes fixated on his beloved son, Tang Yang, who had been pierced through with countless wounds, falling lifeless under the onslaught of Spirit Hall soul masters. 

Hatred burned in Tang Lie's eyes as he roared, "Tang Hao! Tang San! If not for those cursed traitors and their filthy love affairs with soul beasts, how could my Clear Sky Sect have fallen into such calamity? How could my son have died?!" 

"Spirit Hall! Since you want to take my life, then you will all die with me!" 

With a furious roar, Tang Lie hammered his fists against his chest, preparing to self-detonate and drag as many Spirit Hall soul masters to the grave as he could. 

But just as he reached the critical moment before detonation, from within the poisonous mist at the mountain's peak, a dark-red sword aura streaked through the air. 

Slash! 

In an instant, Tang Lie was cleaved in two. Before his body could even fall, another sword strike followed, wiping out the last remaining Titled Douluo of the Clear Sky Sect. 

The Clear Sky Sect's Titled Douluo were now extinct. 

The Yu Clan's disciples had been annihilated. 

No power remained to oppose Spirit Hall. 

Porcupinefish Douluo descended to the mountain's base and unleashed another wave of poison toward the summit. 

Half an hour later, the toxic mist from the peak merged with that from below. The Tang family, the Four Single-Attribute Clans, and all affiliated families—over seven thousand disciples of the Clear Sky Sect, men, women, and children—were completely eradicated. 

Atop the thousand-meter peak, shrouded in swirling clouds and rich with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the once-mighty Clear Sky Sect had been utterly destroyed. The only valuable remains—the sect's vast treasury of heavenly materials and earthly treasures—were sealed away by Qian Renhan's soul power. 

The Po Clan's precious alchemical knowledge, recorded in their ancient texts, was now in his possession. Meanwhile, Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang had been slain by Qian Renxue, and the sect's soul tools had been confiscated by her as well. 

(End of Chapter)