Douluo Dalu (Soul Land)

Prologue: Tang Third Young Master Crossing Over

Ba-Shu, through history famed as a land of plenty, and within it is the most famous sect that could never be surpassed: Tang Sect.

Tang Sect's location was a mysterious place. Most people only knew that it was halfway up a mountain, and that the mountain where Tang Sect was located had a place with a terrifying name, ——Hell's Peak.

A rock thrown from on top of the precipice at Hell's Peak would take a full count of nineteen seconds before the echo of it hitting the bottom could be heard, thus its height could be seen, and it was also because of these nineteen seconds, even surpassing the eighteen levels of hell by one, that gave it its name.

A gray clothed youth stood at the summit of Hell's Peak, the biting cold mountain wind not able to cause his body to shiver even slightly. On the pit of his stomach a huge Tang character could be seen; he was from Tang Sect, and the gray clothes represented a disciple of the Tang Outer Sect.

This year he was twenty nine, since he had entered Tang Sect not long after being born, he was the third most senior among outer sect disciples, and as a result the outer sect disciples named him Third Young Master. Of course, in the mouths of the inner sect disciples it became Tang San.

Tang Sect was, since it's foundation, divided into the two inner and outer sects. The outer sect disciples were all from external families or perhaps conferred the Tang name, and the inner sect were all directly related to Tang Sect members, passed down through family.

Right now, Tang San wore an abundance of expressions, sometimes laughing, sometimes crying, but in all cases unable to mask the excitement stemming from his heart.

For twenty nine years, starting twenty nine years ago when grandpa elder Tang Lan had brought him to Tang Sect as an infant, Tang Sect had been his family, and Tang Sect's hidden weapons had been everything to him.

Suddenly, Tang San's expression abruptly changed, but then very quickly relaxed again, somewhat bitterly saying to himself:

"In the end, that which should happen will still happen."

Seventeen silhouettes, seventeen white silhouettes, leapt up from halfway up the mountain towards the mountaintop just like shooting stars, these silhouettes were masters, even the youngest was five decades old, each and every one with serious expressions, their white gowns represented the inner sect, and the golden Tang characters on their chests were the symbols of Tang Sect elders.

Including the sect head mister Tang Da there were altogether seventeen elders, and right now there were seventeen climbing the mountain. Even a general assembly of the martial society wouldn't have been able to rouse all the Tang Sect Elders at the same time, one must know that among the Tang Sect elders, the oldest had already surpassed sixty years twice over.

All of these Tang Sect elders had already reached the pinnacle of cultivation, and in only a moment's work they had already reached the mountain top.

When outer sect disciples met inner sect elders they had to kneel in greeting, but right now Tang San didn't move, he only calmly looked at these serious faced elders arriving in front of him. They blocked all routes of escape, and behind him was only Hell's Peak.

Laying down three Buddha Fury Tang Lotuses, Tang San threw them a last reluctant glance, the corners of his mouth showing a gratified smile. After all, he had succeeded. With twenty years of effort, he had at last accomplished this penultimate work of the Tang Outer Sect; that kind of satisfactory accomplishment couldn't be described in words.

At this very moment, Tang San thought to himself, everything was already unimportant. Violating the sect regulations was also fine, matters of life and death were fine. Apparently, everything would come to an end with these three blooming Tang Lotuses before him. Buddha Fury Tang Lotus, this world's most potent hidden weapon was born in his hands. In his entire life, what could make the hidden weapons enthusiast Tang San more excited than this?