Thanks to the fact that Xiao Ling was no stranger to the Beast Domain, coupled with his mastery of the spatial path having reached the pinnacle, even though the Beast Domain lay far from Starfall Pavilion, the group did not spend much time before once again setting foot in this vast land where countless magical beasts dwelled.
Fortunately, Qing Lin had previously happened upon and subdued a member of the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan. From that clansman, she had learned the precise location of the clan's main headquarters and the details of its defenses. Thus, there was naturally no need to delay, and Xiao Ling led everyone straight toward that location at high speed.
As its name suggested, the true headquarters of the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan was hidden deep beneath the dark and profound earth. Layer upon layer of rock cut it off from the noise of the outside world, and only clansmen with relatively pure bloodlines were permitted entry.
Above ground, however, their branch strongholds were spread throughout the dangerous regions of the vast Beast Domain like stars across the sky, their influence extending far and wide.
This clan was one of the three great magical beast clans. Although its strength was clearly inferior to that of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan possessed an advantage of its own: its population was firmly the greatest among the three clans. Yet such flourishing numbers also meant that it was impossible for all their bloodlines to remain pure.
As the bloodline was continuously diluted over generations of reproduction, only a small number of direct descendants inherited the formidable talents of pure Nine Nether Underworld Pythons. Most of the remaining clansmen possessed mixed bloodlines, and their strength naturally