Upon returning to the clan, Liuli learned of something that was enough to cause an uproar among the Ancient Clans: the Ancient Jade of the Stone and Yao Clans had been stolen!
Such an important item was generally kept by the Ancient Clans in the safest place within their clan realms. Although the Stone and Yao Clans had declined severely in recent years, stealing the Ancient Jade so silently either meant there was a traitor within their core circles, or that a titan-like strong individual had made a move.
Among the Nine Ancient Clans, only the Soul, Ancient, and Sword Clans met at least one of those conditions. For a time, countless suspicions and doubts were directed toward those three factions.
Not long ago, the Stone and Yao Clans joined forces with the Lei and Yan Clans and formally negotiated an alliance, publicly calling themselves the "Four Clan Alliance." They used great methods to connect the spaces of the four clans and jointly protect their Ancient Jade.
After all, the Tou She Ancient God Jade concerned the possibility of advancement to Dou Di. If any one clan gathered them all, it would be the outcome the other factions least wished to see.
When Liuli heard the news, she was alarmed, yet she also felt a trace of relief. Although the course of events had become utterly unrecognizable, the outcome was still following the main plot.
But when had the Soul Clan become so soft-hearted?
Liuli could not understand it at all. In the Original Work, in order to seize the Tou She Ancient God Jade and extract the bloodline power of each clan, the Soul Clan had directly exterminated the Ling, Stone, and Yao Clans. If the Lei and Yan Clans had not possessed decent strength and reacted quickly enough,