The evil consequence of the Xia Clan's Great Purge, carried out under borrowed pretexts, was that the great aristocratic houses of Ji, Fu, Xi, Hao, Yin, and others truly began to "part ways in heart and virtue."
In the vital matter of leading the resistance against the Wuze's full-scale invasion, the aristocratic powers led by the Ji and Fu Clans began paying lip service while acting otherwise, dragging their feet and delaying every order from the Xia Clan.
The various surnames grew increasingly divided, each huddling together in its own clique.
Half a month after the Great Tomb of Eternal Slumber in the four directions sealed itself, the Eternal Nobles' side, scattered like loose sand in their resistance against the Wuze, suffered another catastrophic retreat on the outer-ring frontlines.
With that retreat, the Eternal Clan lost every sequence ring-chain from the seventieth through the eightieth.
The Wuze's morale soared. Disturbances and raids sprang up one after another everywhere, and near the vast stellar Nethervoids of Cosmic Dwarf Star and Nine Tripod Star, the figures of wizards had visibly increased.
For a time, the entire Eternal Myriad Universes lay beneath bleak clouds of sorrow, oppressive and heavy. Aristocratic houses large and small, as well as commoner groups from every side, were all at a loss, unable to see the slightest hope of driving out the Wuze invasion.
Qingyun Treasure Pavilion deliberately revealed signs of fatigue and began rationing sales of secret artifacts above Level Three, citing insufficient supply.
This gave Xia Yuzhen the smug illusion that he had truly cut off Li Qingyun's "source of wealth."
Without money, how would he support the Hengyun Commoner Group afterward?
A mere fallen Shang Clan still dreamed of revival? Go play in the mud!
Over the past half month, Li Qingyun had not been