This Tang San is so deceitful, so shameless!
In the livestream, as the events unfolded, the leaders of the Four Great Clans—Tai Tan, Niu Gao, Bai He, and Yang Wudi—watched in fury. Tang San had violated his promises by allowing the Clear Sky Clan disciples to join the Tang Sect just because of Tang Hao's influence, without considering the feelings or concerns of the Four Great Clans.
Niu Gao, in particular, recalled how Tai Tan had sworn earlier in the livestream that Tang San had no real connection to Tang Hao or the Clear Sky Clan. That assertion now seemed like utter nonsense.
"How could I have been so foolish to believe such a thing?" Niu Gao thought bitterly.
But the live stream continued.
With Tang Hao standing behind him, Tang San never once considered that he might be in the wrong. Instead, as the tensions between the Four Great Clans and the Clear Sky disciples escalated, Tang San began to plot a way to replace the clans with other forces, especially after sensing their growing discontent.
The conflicts between the Four Great Clans and the Clear Sky disciples became more frequent, but each time, Tang San sided with the Clear Sky Clan.
The Four Clan leaders, including Tai Tan, tried to reason with Tang San, but he simply wouldn't listen. His stance was clear: "I have not broken my promise. If your clans are causing trouble, that's on you."
At first, the Four Great Clans' disciples had indeed started the conflicts, but as the tensions deepened, the Clear Sky disciples began to retaliate and even instigate fights themselves.
Seeing how Tang San always sided with the Clear Sky disciples, they became more and more emboldened, provoking the Four Great Clans more frequently. But no matter what, Tang San continued to place the blame on the Four Great Clans.
In his eyes, he had made his decision, and it was final. The Tang Sect belonged to him, not to the Four Great Clans.
His dissatisfaction with the clans grew stronger, especially after he had managed to recruit enough new talent to potentially replace them.
Gradually, Tang San started to phase out the clan members from their positions within the Tang Sect, replacing them with his recruits. When the Four Great Clans noticed this, they realized they could no longer tolerate it.
"Fine, if you want us gone, then we'll leave!" they declared in unison.
The Four Great Clans had had enough of the Tang Sect and its association with the Clear Sky Clan. They no longer wished to stay in what they now saw as a defiled organization.
"We were blind to ever trust you, Tang San!" they spat bitterly.
And so, they withdrew, moving their entire clans elsewhere.
But even though the Four Great Clans had severed their ties with the Tang Sect, the deep-seated enmity between them and the Clear Sky Clan had not been resolved.
In the past, although the clans held a grudge against the Clear Sky Clan, it had mostly been internal. However, after the conflicts in the Tang Sect, the situation escalated. The Four Great Clans had physically fought the Clear Sky disciples, which was something the Clear Sky Clan's pride could not tolerate.
For a time, Tang Xiao was still the leader of the Clear Sky Clan, and with his more measured approach and the lingering bond with Bai He, he managed to keep the situation from boiling over.
But once Tang Xiao passed away, everything changed.
The next generation of Clear Sky Clan leaders had grown up experiencing those tensions firsthand during their time at the Tang Sect, and they harbored deep resentment toward the Four Great Clans. With Bai He long gone and no one left to mediate, they decided to settle the score once and for all.
As the younger generation took control, the Clear Sky Clan began to ruthlessly suppress the Four Great Clans.
At first, the Four Great Clans resisted, fueled by their long-standing animosity, and fought back fiercely. But the Clear Sky Clan was relentless, and over time, the clans were overwhelmed.
Eventually, the Clear Sky Clan's powerful experts descended upon the territories of the Four Great Clans, utterly destroying them. Only a handful of survivors managed to escape, fleeing in desperation to Tang San's sanctuary in Holy Spirit Village.
These remnants of the Four Great Clans came begging for protection, hoping that Tang San might remember their past loyalty and offer them shelter.
But Tang San, a man who held grudges more than he cherished old alliances, refused to even meet with them.
He hadn't forgotten how much trouble Tai Tan, Niu Gao, and Yang Wudi had caused him when he first tried to bring the Four Great Clans under his control. Their later defiance had only deepened his disdain.
And now, with the clans utterly broken, Tang San felt no obligation to help.
The remnants of the Four Great Clans were left to face their doom alone. With no hope left, they perished under the relentless pursuit of the Clear Sky Clan, bringing an end to their once-proud lineages.
The Four Great Clans were now extinct.
The scene in the livestream froze at this moment, capturing the tragic finality of their fate.
So, it was the Clear Sky Clan that ultimately wiped them out?
As the livestream came to a close, Lin Yu couldn't help but smirk coldly. He wasn't surprised at the outcome.
From the moment the clans left the Tang Sect, their fate had been sealed. If they had stayed within the Tang Sect, even with their conflicts, the Four Great Clans wouldn't have met such a bitter end. After all, their combined strength could have kept the Tang Sect thriving, preventing it from dwindling to just one heir, Tang Ya, as it did by the time of the Peerless Tang Sect.
But the root of it all lay in Tang San's betrayal.
Just because of his loyalty to his father, Tang Hao, Tang San had completely forgotten the debt of gratitude he owed the Four Great Clans for their support in establishing the Tang Sect. His favoritism toward the Clear Sky Clan blinded him to everything else.
But Lin Yu wasn't surprised. Tang San's character had always been shaped by his lack of affection in his early life.
To Tang San, everything was about blood ties. If you weren't his family or one of the Shrek Seven Devils, you were nothing. He never really cared about anyone outside his inner circle—people like Huo Yuhao or Gu Yue Na. To him, they were outsiders.
In later stories, as the world of Douluo and the Divine Realm grew, it became increasingly clear that Tang San's ultimate goal was to turn the world into his dynasty.
It was the hallmark of his hypocrisy and cunning, traits that had been there from the very beginning.