"Wang Dafu, you dare steal my love confession? You've chosen the path of death!"
Tang San's eyes were bloodshot, his breath ragged with fury.
The scene continued to unfold—
Tang Hao led the Strength Clan to intercept a passing convoy.
Wang Dafu got out of the carriage to negotiate, but Tang Hao pointed directly at Arou and said coldly:
"Hand her over to me, and I'll spare your life."
Wang Dafu refused. Titan immediately revealed Arou's true identity: a hundred-thousand-year spirit beast in human form.
Upon learning the truth and facing Tang Hao's mighty hammer, Wang Dafu abandoned Arou on the spot and fled.
Watching him run, Arou activated a spirit tool badge to communicate with Xiao Wu across the Star Dou Forest:
"Do you see this, Xiao Wu? A man who just swore eternal love to me, vowing that my enemies would have to step over his corpse, fled the moment I was truly in danger. Never trust the oaths of men—they're nothing but lies."
At this, Tang San suddenly understood so many things from the past that he had never been able to grasp.
He recalled how, despite the vows he himself had once made to Xiao Wu, she had always kept a distance from him, as though there were a barrier between their hearts. Now he knew the root cause.
Because of the diminishing return effect—the more one repeats such vows, the less value they carry.
With Wang Dafu's betrayal as the precedent, Tang San's later confessions were far less romantic, far less convincing.
And since Wang Dafu had broken his oath and abandoned Arou, this had left a permanent scar in Xiao Wu's heart.
When Tang San used the same words later, how could Xiao Wu possibly be moved?
Wang Dafu, you dog!
Because of you, my romantic confession was ruined!
Elsewhere, after Wang Dafu fled, Tang Hao sneered with disdain:
"Hmph, what sort of trash was that? He dares compare himself to Tang Hao in handling spirit beasts? Does he even deserve to?"
This made Tang San so furious he nearly spat blood.
Clearly, Xiao Wu and Arou were communicating with a soul tool badge—Tang Hao, you wanted to kill Xiao Wu's mother, but you didn't even bother to conceal your identity!
You outright revealed your name!
No wonder Xiao Wu treated me like this… so that's where the root of the problem lies.
Arou then tried to seduce Tang Hao, but Tang Hao, when it came to any woman besides Ah Yin, was utterly unyielding.
Without hesitation, he smashed her with his Clear Sky Hammer.
As the blood-red hundred-thousand-year spirit ring rose, Tang Hao trembled with excitement:
"Hahahahaha! Heaven truly does not wrong Tang Hao! A hundred-thousand-year spirit ring—it really is one!"
The scene shifted again—
On the other side, Xiao Wu clutched her badge, her eyes weeping blood as she watched Tang Hao kill her mother and absorb the ring.
Her gaze, filled with hatred, locked onto the man with the Clear Sky Hammer.
"Tang Hao!"
Tang Hao, watching this divine assessment replay, broke out in a cold sweat. His back prickled as though pierced by knives.
So back then, when he killed his in-law… Xiao Wu had witnessed everything!
"Tang Hao!"
Xiao Wu's crimson eyes glared at him with venomous hatred.
Tang Hao turned his head aside, not daring to meet her eyes.
If time could be reversed, he wished he could go back and strangle that version of himself who went after Arou, roaring in his face:
"Haozi! There are so many spirit beasts in this world. Even if you can't find another hundred-thousand-year beast, couldn't you have settled for a ten-thousand-year one? Why did you insist on killing that rabbit? She was Xiao Wu's mother! Couldn't you have left her for Spirit Hall to hunt instead?"
"This isn't true… this isn't true… Xiao Wu, this is fake, isn't it?"
Tang San's bloodshot eyes glared at the scene of Xiao Wu watching Tang Hao kill her mother and absorb the spirit ring.
He turned to Xiao Wu, pleading.
Xiao Wu sneered coldly and pulled out that very soul tool badge.
When Tang San saw it, his pupils shrank.
This was the exact same badge from the "truth revelation," the one that connected Xiao Wu with her mother.
"Stop deceiving yourself, brat. Tang Hao is my mother's killer. And you are the son of my mother's killer. Don't believe me? Then go ask your father, that damned rat, yourself!" Xiao Wu spat.
Tang San turned to look at Tang Hao.
Feeling the sharp, accusing gaze, Tang Hao's lips trembled as he stammered:
"Xiao San, I—"
"Don't. I already know. I just… didn't want to believe it."
Tang San lowered his head, hiding his expression. Only his fists, clenched tight at his sides, betrayed the storm raging inside.
Then, the divine screen spoke again:
"Truth Revelation Five: Xiao Wu's Feelings Toward Tang San."
After her mother's death, Xiao Wu became a vengeful spirit.
She chose to take human form and entered the human world.
At Nuoding Academy, she met Tang San.
At first, aside from not sleeping in the same bed as in the previous life, their relationship seemed fine (at least from Tang San's perspective).
But then something changed.
Tang San brought Xiao Wu back to Holy Spirit Village.
There, Xiao Wu heard for the first time the name of Tang San's father—Tang Hao.
At that moment, her inner thoughts surfaced:
"Tang San's father is Tang Hao? Wait—could it be…? No, it shouldn't be. This must just be a coincidence. After all, every Titled Douluo is a figure of prestige. A Titled Douluo wouldn't possibly be living in such a tiny village."
Though she could not confirm his identity, the name Tang Hao alone unsettled her deeply.
From that day on, Tang San clearly noticed a change—her attitude toward him cooled, as though that moment had become a turning point.
Later, they went to Shrek Academy.
There, Xiao Wu immediately connected with Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar.
Tang San saw with his own eyes how, while he immersed himself in cultivation, Xiao Wu would spend time in the adjoining dorm practicing martial fusion techniques with them.
These ambiguous scenes made Tang San's eyes turn blood-red. His breath came in ragged gasps.
He never expected that his sworn brothers from his reborn life would get involved with his woman so early.
On the other side, Tang Hao seized the chance to accuse her:
"Xiao Wu, you slut! So you were cheating on Xiao San behind his back this early? Xiao San, I told you long ago, Xiao Wu is not a good woman!"
Xiao Wu sneered in return:
"Yes, Xiao Wu is not a good woman. But, you damned rat, remember this—it was you who made me this way. You are the one who turned me into a vengeful ghost. Since Xiao Wu could perform martial fusion with them, why shouldn't she cultivate with them, to grow stronger, to one day take revenge on you?"
Her retort left Tang Hao speechless.
He could feel Tang San's attitude toward him shifting again.
He had originally hoped this trial would mend the rift between father and son by souring Tang San on Xiao Wu.
But in the end, it had backfired—it all came down to himself.
So, in the end… everything was because of me, Tang Hao?
Afterward, Yu Tianheng and Er Ming also joined in one after another. Tang San, seeing himself surrounded inside "Neighbor brother's" place, felt his hair turning green every day as, while he was bitterly training, Xiao Wu would show up in his brother's room to practice Martial Spirit Fusion Skills.
Later, in order to prepare for the Soul Master Tournament, they traveled to Heaven Dou City. There, Tang San encountered the Strength Clan, and in Titan's hands, his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Spirit was exposed. Xiao Wu hid nearby, staring in shock at Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer—her gaze then became as venomous as poison.
Seeing this scene, Tang San thought back to the past. Back then, he had wanted to flaunt his strength in front of Xiao Wu to compete with Yu Tianheng for her affection. Now that he thought about it, it really was laughable.
From that moment on, Xiao Wu's feelings toward Tang San shifted once again. Previously, Tang San was just a dispensable tool to her, an ATM to improve her living conditions. After confirming that Tang San was the son of her enemy, Xiao Wu came to hate him as well.
Tang San saw the group head toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but he ended up trapped in an illusion. In it, Xiao Wu met her mother, Ah Yin, and it seemed the two of them reached some kind of agreement.
Ah Yin gave Xiao Wu two immortal herbs to cover up her soul beast aura, then asked:
"Moreover, staying by Tang San's side, you can do many things. You and I share common enemies—Tang Hao and Tang San. I will destroy everything Tang Hao treasures. The Asura God chose me as Tang San's mother to prepare for him inheriting my Blue Silver Emperor throne one day. But as long as I still live, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Martial Spirit will forever remain mere Blue Silver Grass. My existence alone cripples one of his spirits. So then, Xiao Wu, what do you think you should do?"
Xiao Wu accepted the two immortal herbs from Ah Yin, a trace of hatred flashing in her eyes:
"Then I'll destroy his other Martial Spirit—the Clear Sky Hammer!"
This sentence exploded in Tang Hao and Tang San's hearts like a sudden thunderclap.
Tang San raised both hands, each marked with a spirit seal—one for the Blue Silver Grass, one for the Clear Sky Hammer.
He first looked at the Blue Silver Grass. His Blue Silver Grass Martial Spirit originally had limitless potential and could one day awaken into the Blue Silver Emperor. But in the Blue Silver Forest, his bloodline had been stripped away.
Though the Clear Sky Hammer fared a little better, its potential had also been cut in half.
Tang San deeply resented those who had destroyed his Martial Spirits—one was Hai Ge, another was the Blue Silver King (as he had believed). Yet now he realized the ones truly trying to cripple his Martial Spirits were Xiao Wu and Ah Yin—one his beloved, the other his own mother. And the mastermind behind it all was his own father.
Tang Hao was utterly shocked as well. He said to the image of Ah Yin:
"Ah Yin, how could you do this? I wronged you, yes, but Xiao San is our child!"
His voice was immediately drowned out by eerie laughter.
"Hahahahahahaha… ahhhhhhh—!" Tang San let out a chilling laugh that twisted into a shrill baboon's cry.
"Xiao… Xiao San…" Tang Hao looked at Tang San with guilt.
Tang San suddenly swung up his overly long arms, slamming his fists into the ground. Two web-like cracks spread across the earth. His eyes were blood-red, his breath like that of a raging bull, as he roared:
"Don't call me! I need to calm down!"
Later, during the Soul Master Tournament, Xiao Wu continuously provoked Tang San by performing Martial Spirit Fusion Skills with his Old brothers and the others. Combined with the blow he had already suffered in the Blue Silver Forest when Ah Yin stole his bloodline, Tang San's Dao Heart collapsed. He decided to switch cultivation to the Clear Sky Hammer.
But then his so-called good brother Dai Mubai secretly bribed Hai Ge, ordering him to casually prepare a few spirit rings for Tang San. The result? Hai Ge took Tang San into the Great Forest and forced him to absorb two snot slugs, one Acid Slime, and a century-old Shrek Beast—crippling over half of the Clear Sky Hammer's potential. He had over-fulfilled Dai Mubai's "mission."
Thus, both of Tang San's Martial Spirits were ruined by careful scheming.
Watching his son's Dao Heart and talent being destroyed bit by bit, Tang Hao's eyes turned red, his breath ragged as he roared at Xiao Wu:
"You… Xiao Wu… you venomous woman! Even if you bear hatred toward me, come at me, Tang Hao! Why take it out on Xiao San? He loves you so deeply—how has he ever wronged you?"
"Yes, I'm a venomous woman. So what? Just because he loves me, I must love him back? Ridiculous. Do you think I, Xiao Wu, would fall for the son of my enemy? No! Listen well, dead rat, if I can't strike at you, can't I strike at your son? Who told him to like me?" Xiao Wu snapped back. "And besides—if I'm a venomous woman, what about your Ah Yin? Isn't she also a venomous woman? I destroyed the Clear Sky Hammer, Aunt Yin destroyed the Blue Silver Grass. Why don't you call her out?"
"Shut up! Ah Yin is not a venomous woman, she just…" Tang Hao trailed off, dodging the accusation.
The scene fell silent.
Suddenly, Xiao Wu said to Tang San:
"Little brat, I know you love me. But it's not that Xiao Wu doesn't love you—it's that Xiao Wu cannot love you. If not for the blood feud, perhaps we might have been together. But fate is cruel—your father is my mortal enemy. Tell me, how am I supposed to look at you? If you must blame someone, then blame your father!"
These words poured gasoline on a raging fire. Tang San instantly exploded.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh—!" Tang San let out a piercing baboon's roar, his fists clenched, his ape-like arms thrashing as he pounded his chest.
His heart was in unbearable agony. He couldn't stop thinking: If only Father hadn't imprisoned Mother, she wouldn't hate me so much. If Father hadn't killed Xiao Wu's mother, there wouldn't be such a chasm between Xiao Wu and me—we might have continued the fate from our previous life. Even… if my father were not Tang Hao but Tang Xiao, none of this would have happened…
Seeing Tang San sink into madness, Tang Hao stood dumbfounded. He wanted to explain himself but didn't know how. And no matter what he tried to say, that shameless woman Xiao Wu would always find a way to fan the flames back onto him.
In the end, Tang Hao could only stay silent, waiting until Tang San calmed down to try explaining his so-called "difficulties."
When Tang San finally quieted down and regained his reason, the voice from the sky once again resounded:
"Truth Reveal Six: Tang San's Wedding—The Cheating Wife and the Useless Husband."
The moment those words fell, Tang San's expression darkened to the extreme.
Could it be…
His blood pressure soared once more.