Eastern Yin Hongmeng Clan
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- 1Biodata
- 2Characteristics and Inheritance
- 2.1Divine Body and Close Combat
- 2.2Divine Treasures and Legacy
- 3Leadership and Internal Factions
- 4Territory
- 5History
- 5.1Absolute Blade Emperor Mausoleum
- 5.2First Defeat and the Division Campaign
- 5.3Succession Struggle
- 5.4War against the Hongmeng Great Clan Alliance
- 5.5Final Campaigns and Decline
- 6Relationships
- 7Trivia
Biodata
| Feature | Information |
|---|---|
| Name | Eastern Yin Hongmeng Clan |
| Alias(es) | 東胤鴻蒙族; Eastern Yin Hongmeng Race |
| Species/Race | Hongmeng Race |
| Affiliation | Eastern God Alliance (founding and leading force) 1264 1334 |
| Occupation/Role | Former hegemonic clan of the Eastern Hongmeng Borderlands; controller of multiple Infinite Divine Domains |
| Status | Survives under Human rule in the Eastern Hongmeng Borderlands 1509 |
| First Appearance | 1218 |
Characteristics and Inheritance
Divine Body and Close Combat
The clan is renowned for its powerful Divine Bodies, Chaos Divine Power, and close-combat ability; its members regard their physical foundation as unmatched by other races. 1218
- Eastern Yin Nine Transformations — A Bloodline-based transformation that comprehensively strengthens close-combat attack power. 1218
- Divine Power specialization — The clan is especially suited to Divine Power-based combat, rather than Chaos Spells and Energy bursts. 1424
- Absolute Blade compatibility — Its purest Divine Bodies are stated to be capable of drawing out the Absolute Blade Hongmeng Race inheritance’s greatest power. 1334
- Eastern Yin Divine King Bloodline — The ruling line’s bloodline and Willpower are tied to the clan’s inheritance and authority. 1447
Divine Treasures and Legacy
- Eastern Yin Nine Transformations — The clan’s inherited transformation art; the Divine Treasure Dong Yin Five Transformations is a simplified, unrestricted derivative of it. 1216
- Ancestor God Palace — A secret inheritance site containing the Ancestor God Zhen Treasury. 1504
- Eastern Yin Divine King’s essence blood — Preserved within the ancestral treasury; its integration restores the Eastern Yin transformation inheritance to its orthodox form. 1505
- Void Spirit Divine Blade — A legacy weapon granted alongside the Eastern Yin Divine King’s Blade Technique. 1505
Leadership and Internal Factions
| Figure / Group | Position and influence |
|---|---|
| Empress Yin | Widow of the Eastern Yin Divine King. She retained major control over clan affairs and military deployments after his death. 1334 1425 |
| Eastern Yin Bingya | Young Master backed by the Elder Council. Though his Divine King Bloodline was considered non-orthodox by Empress Yin, he rose through his talent, strategy, and strength. 1416 |
| Eastern Yin Huo Wen | Empress Yin’s son and Bingya’s younger brother. After obtaining an Infinite Main Sequence, his body was seized by the Dark Dusk God King. 1416 |
| Uncle Wan | Influential senior figure who acted cautiously and prioritized clan interests; he later supported Bingya over Empress Yin. 1428 1450 |
| Elder Council | The clan’s senior governing body. It supported Bingya, mediated the struggle between Bingya and Empress Yin, and later divided the clan’s forces into separate operational commands. 1416 1458 |
Territory
At its height, the clan controlled seven Infinite Divine Domains across the Eastern Hongmeng Borderlands. Its holdings became a shared target for rival powers once its invincible reputation was broken. 1424 1432
| Divine Domain | Documented significance |
|---|---|
| Eastern Yin Divine Domain | The clan’s homeland and Elder Council seat; later described as heavily fortified. 1434 1462 |
| Extreme Law Divine Domain | The clan’s weakest-defended Infinite Divine Domain due to its poor fit with their Divine Body and Divine Power specialties. 1424 |
| Firmament Divine Domain | Lost to the Eight Gods Radiance during the clan’s first major defeat. 1425 |
| Thought Heart Divine Domain | Captured by Wang Ye’s Firmament Domain Alliance after a diversionary campaign. 1454 |
| Creation Divine Domain | Controlled by Eastern Yin Bingya and used as the base for his forces. 1462 |
| Hong Zhou Divine Domain | Initially associated with Empress Yin’s forces; later seized from the Ten Thousand Laws Society by Bingya’s army. 1462 1482 |
History
Absolute Blade Emperor Mausoleum
The Eastern Yin Hongmeng Clan chose to trigger the unearthing of the Absolute Blade Emperor Mausoleum despite the risk of provoking the Human Great Clan Alliance. Empress Yin framed the decision as necessary to preserve the clan’s authority over the Eastern God Alliance and the Eastern Hongmeng Borderlands. 1334
The clan considered the Absolute Blade Hongmeng Race inheritance more valuable than an Infinite Main Sequence because its Bloodline and Divine Body were particularly compatible with the inheritance’s strongest power. 1334
First Defeat and the Division Campaign
The Human Great Clan Alliance attacked the Extreme Law Divine Domain while the Eight Gods Radiance struck the Firmament Divine Domain. Although the clan defended Extreme Law, it lost the Firmament Divine Domain—an unprecedented humiliation for a force that had dominated the region since the Eastern Yin Divine King’s era. 1424 1425
The loss exposed a divide in leadership. Empress Yin favored an immediate response to restore the clan’s prestige, while Eastern Yin Bingya adopted a more calculated approach and sought to use the crisis to strengthen his own position. 1425 1431
Wang Ye subsequently organized rival forces around a plan to besiege the clan and divide its Infinite Divine Domains. The clan’s cumbersome power structure, requiring agreement from the Elder Council, Empress Yin, and Uncle Wan, hindered a unified response. 1432
Eastern Yin Bingya countered by ambushing the Ten Thousand Laws Society in the Origin Soul Divine Domain and killing the True Love Empress to seize her Infinite Main Sequence. However, the wider campaign weakened the clan and stripped it of the Eastern God Alliance’s support. 1435 1440
Succession Struggle
Eastern Yin Huo Wen’s acquisition of an Infinite Main Sequence destabilized the clan, while the Dark Dusk God King secretly seized his body. Bingya initially treated Huo Wen as a useful pawn, believing his brother lacked the strength, talent, and political support to challenge him. 1416
Empress Yin nevertheless attempted to secure leadership for Huo Wen, ambushing Bingya with Uncle Wan and Seal Ancestor through the Eastern Yin Blood Sacrifice. Bingya rejected her claim that Huo Wen’s bloodline was inherently more legitimate, declaring that his destiny was inseparable from the clan’s future. 1447
The conflict cost the clan dearly. Internal factionalism was identified as a central reason it lost three Infinite Divine Domains and fell from six domains to only three. 1457
War against the Hongmeng Great Clan Alliance
After temporarily suppressing internal disputes, the clan reorganized into independent forces: Bingya controlled the Creation Divine Domain, while Empress Yin’s faction occupied the Hong Zhou Divine Domain. 1462
Its subsequent offensive split into attacks on the Thought Heart and Extreme Law Divine Domains. Empress Yin, Uncle Wan, and the Dark Dusk God King failed to defeat Wang Ye at Extreme Law, while the Elder Council could not take Thought Heart; the clan was forced to retreat under a Hongmeng Great Clan Alliance counterattack. 1464 1466
Bingya then redirected the clan against the Jade Human Divine Domain. The campaign destroyed the Jade Human God Clan’s position in the region and elevated Bingya’s prestige, while Empress Yin lost power and the clan’s internal struggle effectively ended. 1467 1473
Final Campaigns and Decline
Under Bingya’s unified command, the clan invaded and captured the Hong Zhou Divine Domain from the Ten Thousand Laws Society. Bingya acknowledged Wang Ye as his sole true competitor in the struggle for the Eastern Hongmeng Borderlands. 1482 1483
Bingya later fought alongside Wang Ye against the Boundless Realm Forbidden Beast Dark Dusk. He sacrificed himself to defeat the creature, entrusting Wang Ye with fragments of the Desolate Heaven Divine Sword and his unfinished mission. 1496
Following the collapse of the Eastern Hongmeng Borderlands’ Hongmeng Rules, Wang Ye entered the clan’s Ancestor God Palace and took the Eastern Yin Divine King’s essence blood. The palace’s collapse was described as the end of the clan’s era. 1504 1505
After Wang Ye became the new God King of the Eastern Hongmeng Borderlands, he spared the Eastern Yin Hongmeng Clan. Empress Yin and Uncle Wan submitted to Human rule and accepted the clan’s continued residence in the region under Wang Ye’s conditions. 1509
Relationships
- Eastern God Alliance — The clan established and led the alliance during its period of regional dominance; its loss of alliance support greatly weakened the clan. 1264 1334 1440
- Human Great Clan Alliance — Principal rival in the struggle for Infinite Divine Domains and the Eastern Seal Divine Pearl. 1425
- Hongmeng Great Clan Alliance — Successor force to Wang Ye’s Firmament Domain Alliance and the clan’s primary late-stage military opponent. 1458 1466
- Ten Thousand Laws Society — Long-standing enemy; the Eastern Yin Hongmeng Clan was identified as the chief culprit behind the annihilation of the former Ten Thousand Laws Hongmeng Race. 1432
- Jade Human God Clan — Rival power attacked by Bingya’s forces; its defeat led its surviving leaders to seek refuge with Wang Ye. 1467 1473
- Absolute Blade Hongmeng Race — The clan sought its emperor mausoleum and inheritance, valuing the race’s blade legacy as especially compatible with Eastern Yin Bloodline. 1334
Trivia
- The clan’s Eastern Yin Nine Transformations can be imitated through the Divine Treasure Dong Yin Five Transformations, though the latter lacks the Bloodline restrictions of the original art. 1216
- Wang Ye ultimately mastered the clan’s orthodox Eastern Yin Nine Transformations after fusing the Eastern Yin Divine King’s essence blood. 1505
- The clan once placed Wang Ye above Tai Ning Military Lord on its must-kill list, offering a reward as high as a The Only Legend for his death. 1425