Seventh Fruit Position

The dozen or so prominent lice clans of Great Desolation City—the Tushan Clan, the Ling Clan, the Chi Clan, and other lineages highly valued by Great Master—were all developing splendidly. The core prestigious clans that had risen from Ba Snake Mountain, such as the Tushan Clan, had seen their power grow by far more than tenfold compared to before!

Throughout the Eastern Desolation, the lice clans vaguely regarded the Tushan, Ling, and Chi Clans as supreme.

The three clans had thus also brought a great many powerful lice clansmen under their command.

Tushan Wenshan and the others knew that if Great Master Qingyun Dao Lord could withstand this wave of suppression from the prefectural temples, his future would surely be boundless. Then, they might well be able to establish themselves in the central lands and build a foremost central-land clan whose splendor would endure for generations!

Yet they knew that their own bloodlines and strength were still far from sufficient. Thus, they frantically annexed all manner of industries run by the lice clans, wildly recruited powerful lice clansmen, and arranged numerous marriages with ancient prestigious clans.

They wanted to keep pace with their master. Such an opportunity came but once in a thousand ages!

If they failed to keep up, everyone knew that Great Master would cast them aside without the slightest hesitation!

Their master was no longer the master he had been back on Ba Snake Mountain...

Time swiftly passed amid the undercurrents surging through the Eastern Desolation.

The sixth year after Li Qingyun ascended to the Great Thousand.

Midyear, the sixth month.

Within the great hall, the three pairs of divine eyes on the Jade Body Divine Statue with three heads, six arms, and a serpent tail suddenly blazed with profound light. Immediately afterward, patches of black