Secrets of the Soul Clan

"Ancestor Xiao Xuan, I remember an ancient curiosity recorded in our clan's old texts. In ancient times, there was a strange race called the Tunling Clan. They could sustain themselves by devouring the bloodline power of other races."

"Because the Tunling Clan nearly threatened the continued existence of all the Ancient Imperial Clans on the continent, many Imperial Clans joined forces and wiped them out. The last Clan Leader of the Tunling Clan was also slain by the Soul Clan."

"Yet the Soul Clan has the longest history and is the most mysterious of the Ancient Eight Clans. They seem never to have suffered from bloodline depletion. This clan, shrouded in layer upon layer of mist, has remained powerful to this day."

"And in ancient times, there were far more than just today's Eight Clans among the ancient Imperial Clans. It could be said that a hundred clans coexisted; only our Eight Clans have endured until now. Among the nearly hundred ancient Imperial Clans that have perished, some died out naturally after the Dou Di Bloodline they inherited ran dry, while others vanished without explanation."

"Back then, however, the Dou Qi Continent was filled with countless factions, and its power structure had yet to stabilize. The ancient Imperial Clans constantly warred against one another, so no one cared how these clans had perished. Yet aren't the circumstances of those ancient Imperial Clans that vanished without explanation strikingly similar to the Ling Clan today?"

"The last Clan Leader of the Tunling Clan, supposedly slain by the Soul Clan; Nihility Devouring Flame, which possesses the power to devour all things; the many ancient Imperial Clans that mysteriously vanished like the Ling Clan; and the Soul Clan, whose bloodline has never run dry..."

"Ancestor, can't we infer something from this?"

Xiao Yan met