Ancient Clan

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Ancient Clan (古族)
Alias(es)	One of the Eight Ancient Clans; Ancient Emperor Clan
Affiliation	Ancient Realm
Role	Ancient imperial clan and former ally of the Xiao Clan
Status	Annihilated; its powerhouse souls were imprisoned within Xiao Yan's Ten Thousand Soul Banner 121
First Appearance	Chapter 15

History

The Ancient Clan was one of the Eight Ancient Clans and possessed a Dou Emperor bloodline. During the ancient era, it was allied with the Xiao Clan, then the strongest of the Eight Ancient Clans. Their patriarchs, Gu Yuan and Xiao Xuan, were close friends who swore a mutual-defense pact. 36 70 114

When Xiao Xuan failed in his attempt to reach the Dou Emperor realm, the Xiao Clan's bloodline was exhausted and the Hun Clan attacked. Despite the alliance, Gu Yuan deliberately refused to intervene, considering the Xiao Clan too powerful to be allowed to recover. 37 114

After the Xiao Clan's fall, the Ancient Clan publicly acted against factions that had plundered Xiao Clan assets, while secretly collecting the Xiao Clan's cultivation methods, Dou Skills, treasures, and other foundations for its own treasury. It monitored surviving Xiao bloodline branches without providing meaningful aid. 114

The clan later sent Gu Yuan's daughter, Xiao Xun'er, to infiltrate the Xiao Family from childhood and seek the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade. Ling Ying served as her visible guard, while a stronger protector watched her in secret. 15 17 71

Organization and Foundation

• Patriarch: Gu Yuan, a peak nine-star Dou Sheng and half-step Dou Emperor before the Ancient Emperor Blood Sacrifice Array temporarily elevated him to the Dou Emperor realm. 113 118
• Core force: More than twenty Dou Sheng experts, including six-, seven-, and eight-star Dou Shengs. 116
• Supreme Elders: Three reclusive elders awakened during Xiao Yan's assault; their leader was a mid-stage nine-star Dou Sheng, while the other two were peak eight-star Dou Shengs. 116
• Territory: The Ancient Realm, which housed the clan's council hall, treasury, forbidden altar, and wider population. 113 118 121
• Bloodline priority: The clan treated anomalies involving ancient Emperor bloodlines as matters of the highest importance. 70

Assets and Forbidden Arts

Ancient Emperor Sword

The Ancient Clan's heirloom sword, wielded by Gu Yuan during the battle against Xiao Yan.

• Engraved with Ancient Clan runes and empowered by Gu Yuan's peak nine-star Dou Sheng Dou Qi. 117
• Used with the technique One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Laws. 117
• Its golden sword radiance clashed with Xiao Yan's seven-colored Heavenly Flame. 117 118

Ancient Emperor Blood Sacrifice Array

The clan's ultimate forbidden formation, originating from a Dou Emperor ancestor.

• Sacrifices the bloodline power of Ancient Clan members and concentrates it in a single recipient. 118
• Can temporarily raise the recipient's cultivation to the threshold of, or into, the Dou Emperor realm. 118
• Activation can cause sacrificed members to regress in cultivation or permanently exhaust their bloodlines. 118
• The ritual cannot stop until completed or until the sacrificed bloodline power is depleted. 118
• Gu Yuan activated the array against Xiao Yan, reaching the Dou Emperor realm in only a few breaths. 118

Relationships

• Xiao Clan — Former ally bound by a mutual-defense agreement; the Ancient Clan failed to protect it after Xiao Xuan's fall and later appropriated its heritage. 36 37 114
• Gu Yuan — Patriarch; chose the Ancient Clan's interests over his friendship and pact with Xiao Xuan. 114
• Xiao Xuan — Former close friend of Gu Yuan and patriarch of the Xiao Clan; his failure to become a Dou Emperor precipitated the Xiao Clan's decline. 114
• Xiao Xun'er — Gu Yuan's daughter and an Ancient Clan prodigy sent to the Xiao Family to locate the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade; she ultimately chose Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family over the clan. 17 37 121
• Ling Ying — Public guard assigned to protect Xiao Xun'er; expelled for concealing the Xiao Family bloodline awakening from the clan. 71
• Hun Clan — Another ancient imperial clan and enemy of the Xiao Clan; Gu Yuan attempted to offer Ancient Clan aid against it in exchange for mercy. 121

Conflict with the Xiao Clan

When the Xiao Family's bloodline was restored, Xiao Xun'er concealed the event because she feared the Ancient Clan would suppress the Xiao Clan rather than help it. Gu Jin, a Half-Saint elder, subsequently arrived, took Xiao Xun'er back to the Ancient Realm, and expelled Ling Ying. 69 70 71

As the Xiao Clan revived, the Ancient Clan elders urged Gu Yuan to eliminate the remaining Xiao descendants before they could become a threat. Gu Yuan ultimately resolved to “root them out completely.” 91 113 114

Xiao Yan arrived at the Ancient Realm as a peak nine-star Dou Sheng, demanding the return of Xiao Clan heritage, compensation for the broken alliance, and accountability for the clan's actions. Gu Yuan refused to yield, leading the Ancient Clan to mobilize its full foundation. 115 116

More than twenty Dou Shengs, Gu Yuan, and three reclusive Supreme Elders attacked Xiao Yan together. Their combined assault could not damage the barrier created by his Lotus Lantern, while the Ten Thousand Soul Banner restrained and drained the Ancient Clan experts. 116 117

Gu Yuan then invoked the Ancient Emperor Blood Sacrifice Array and temporarily became a Dou Emperor. Xiao Yan still suppressed him decisively, reducing the patriarch and clan to submission. 118 119 120

Annihilation

Gu Yuan surrendered and offered the Ancient Clan's assistance against the Hun Clan. Xiao Yan revealed that Hun Tiandi had already been subdued, leaving the Ancient Clan with no remaining leverage. 121

Xiao Yan used the Ten Thousand Soul Banner to strip the souls of the Ancient Clan's experts. The clan was annihilated, its realm left empty and desolate, while its powerhouse souls became additions to the banner. Xiao Yan also rescued Xiao Xun'er from the Ancient Realm. 121