Xiao Clan

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Organization

• Clan Leader: Xiao Zhan oversees the clan’s external disputes, council meetings, and defense. He is personally protective of his sons and refuses Jia Lie Bi’s demand that Xiao Meng be surrendered. 3 30 As the clan expands, he also directs the acquisition of neighboring streets, urban development, Wutan City's patrol system, and cooperation with local factions during large-scale population relocation. 119 151 162
• Elders: The elders deliberate on strategy, supervise clan affairs, and fight alongside Xiao Zhan during the conflict with the Gale Clan. 32 35 They later support the expansion of the clan grounds and participate in the clan's renewed cultivation and inheritance systems. 119 126
• Direct descendants: Clan descendants are generally expected to focus on cultivation rather than assigned duties. Later, the elders entrust the clan marketplaces to younger disciples under Xiao Yan’s leadership. 3 45 Xiao Ding and Xiao Li later become important contributors to the clan's infrastructure, inheritances, and defense, ultimately serving as guardians of Endless City. 154 190
• Guards: The clan maintains an armed guard force commanded by Xiao Po. 43 As Wutan City prospers, Xiao Zhan also establishes patrol teams to maintain public order. 162
• Battle Skills Pavilion: Established on the back mountain under Xiao Chen's oversight, the pavilion preserves advanced cultivation methods and battle skills, provides trial formations for talented disciples, and serves as an access point to the protected Netherworld Realm. 126
• Ancestral protectors: Xiao Chen secretly guards and teaches the Xiao Clan after being freed from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while Xiao Xuan later returns from the Heavenly Tomb and assists in restoring the clan's ancient strength. 126 157
• Training facilities: The estate includes a Combat Arts Hall and a back mountain used for cultivation and training. 21 39 The back mountain later contains major defensive formations, the Battle Skills Pavilion, and access to the Netherworld Realm. 119 126

History

The Xiao Clan initially follows a harsh cultivation-based hierarchy. During its annual testing, Xiao Yan’s low Dou Qi result and Xiao Meng’s absence invite open ridicule from younger members, who label both brothers as burdens to the clan. 7 Xiao Meng’s subsequent defeat of numerous disciples despite possessing no detectable Dou Qi overturns this perception, though many members remain fearful rather than understanding his strength. 8 14

The clan suffers a public affront when the Cloudmist Sect arrives to dissolve an arranged marriage. Xiao Yan responds by issuing Nalan Yanran a letter of repudiation and setting a three-year challenge, framing the matter as an insult to the entire Xiao Clan’s dignity. 12 Xiao Meng then decisively defeats Nalan Yanran and intimidates both the Cloudmist Sect delegation and the clan elders, forcing the latter to reconsider their treatment of him. 14 15

Conflict with the Gale Clan

• Xiao Meng’s killing of Liu Xi and injury of Jia Lie Ao bring the Xiao Clan into direct confrontation with the Gale Clan. Xiao Zhan publicly defends his son and refuses Jia Lie Bi’s threats. 28 30
• With the support of Liu Xi’s master, third-tier alchemist Chang Shan, the Gale Clan captures most of the Xiao Clan’s business and substantially strengthens its fighters through medicinal pills. 35
• A major clash leaves Xiao Zhan, the elders, and other clan members injured. A black-robed Yao Chen intervenes to save the clan, but the elders do not know his identity. 35
• Xiao Meng’s return restores morale. He apologizes to the elders for his past conduct after learning that they had stood together in the clan’s defense. The elders, in turn, acknowledge their prior failings and commit to unity. 37
• To prevent the Gale Clan from producing Red Phosphorus Pills, Xiao Meng intercepts Jia Lie Nu’s medicinal-ingredient convoy and kills him. 39 41 42
• Xiao Zhan rejects an immediate annihilation of the Gale Clan, reasoning that an excessively decisive victory could draw the attention of larger forces, including the Cloudmist Sect. 37
• The Gale Clan later launches a final assault with sixteen black-robed Dou Wangs. The Xiao Clan’s formations delay the attackers until Xiao Meng summons Hai Bo Dong, who kills fifteen enemies and leaves one survivor to deliver a warning. 119
• After the attack, the Xiao Clan dismantles the Gale Clan. Xiao Zhan spares its noncombatants but executes its cultivators, confiscates its techniques and battle skills, and takes over its markets, mines, and other assets. 121

Economy and Recovery

The clan’s marketplaces become a central front in its struggle with the Gale Clan. Chang Shan’s pills initially enable the Gale Clan to seize eighty to ninety percent of the Xiao Clan’s business. 35

Xiao Yan’s advancement as an alchemist reverses this decline. His first- and second-tier pills increase marketplace traffic, while medicinal pills refined by Yao Chen improve the cultivation of Xiao Zhan and the elders. The elders eventually transfer marketplace management to the younger generation, appointing Xiao Yan as their leader. 45

Following the Gale Clan's fall, the clan acquires its rival's commercial assets and mines. 121 Xiao Zhan also establishes deeper cooperation with the Mittel Auction House: higher-tier pills produced by the Xiao Clan are to be auctioned through it, while the auction house supplies valuable medicinal ingredients. 122

Rise into a Major Power

Xiao Zhan expands the Xiao Clan estate by purchasing surrounding streets and constructing residences, courtyards, and cultivation rooms for the growing family. 119 The clan’s coming-of-age ceremony later demonstrates this recovery, with roughly two hundred younger members reaching the Dou Zhe realm through Xiao Yan’s medicinal pills. 116

Xiao Meng’s defensive formations and powerful allies transform the clan from a local Wutan City force into a protected stronghold. Hai Bo Dong becomes a public guardian of the Xiao Clan, while Xiao Chen secretly oversees the Battle Skills Pavilion, teaches selected descendants, and protects the family from the shadows. 120 126 Xiao Chen’s identity as an ancient Xiao Clan ancestor is eventually revealed to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, and his restoration elevates him to the mid-stage of Eight-Star Dou Saint. 157

The return of Xiao Xuan further restores the clan’s lost heritage. Together, Xiao Meng, Xiao Xuan, and Xiao Chen establish Sacred Mountain and plant the Bodhi Ancient Tree as a future foundation of the Xiao Clan, with spatial access connecting the site to the clan. 158 Endless City becomes another strategic foundation guarded by Xiao Chen, while its Endless Tree conceals the clan's fate and strengthens its long-term defenses. 163

The clan subsequently cooperates with Jia Nan Academy and allied factions in the relocation of civilians, construction of roads and defensive infrastructure, and transformation of the Black-Corner Region. 154 162 By the time Jia Nan Academy becomes the continent’s foremost academy, the Xiao Clan possesses multiple Dou Di-level ancestors, powerful divine beasts, Endless City, and a greatly strengthened younger generation. 195

Relationships

• Xiao Zhan — Clan Leader and principal defender of the clan’s interests; seeks to protect Xiao Meng’s concealed strength from attracting dangerous attention. 30 37 He later leads the clan’s territorial expansion, civic development, and local political coordination. 119 151
• Xiao Meng — Third Young Master whose hidden body-cultivation strength transforms the clan’s internal power dynamic and repeatedly protects it from external threats. 14 37 42 He establishes the clan’s formations, Battle Skills Pavilion, Sacred Mountain, and Endless City foundations. 119 126 158 163
• Xiao Yan — Direct descendant, alchemist, and later manager of the clan marketplaces; his challenge to Nalan Yanran is framed as repayment for the Cloudmist Sect’s humiliation of the clan. 12 17 45 He later assists in operating the clan’s defensive formations and continues serving as one of its foremost younger experts. 119 164
• Xiao Xun'er — A prominent member of the younger generation whose ninth-stage Dou Qi test result surpasses the other clan youths shown at the annual assessment. 7 Her connection to the Ancient Clan becomes increasingly significant to the Xiao Clan’s wider alliances. 164 185
• Xiao Chen — Ancient Xiao Clan ancestor, guardian of the Battle Skills Pavilion, and instructor of younger descendants. He is restored from enslavement and becomes a principal hidden protector of the clan. 126 157
• Xiao Xuan — Legendary Xiao Clan ancestor recovered from the Heavenly Tomb by Xiao Meng. He helps restore the clan’s heritage, guards its interests, and works alongside Xiao Chen in the clan’s long-term defense. 157 158
• Gale Clan — Former rival whose alchemist-backed expansion triggers an economic and armed conflict with the Xiao Clan. Its cultivators are eliminated and its assets absorbed after its final assault on the Xiao Clan. 30 35 121
• Cloudmist Sect — Hostile sect whose attempted dissolution of the marriage arrangement leads to a three-year challenge and lasting enmity. Its hidden strength and connection to later attacks make it a major threat to the Xiao Clan. 12 14 164
• Nalan Yanran — Former fiancée connected to the original engagement dispute. After her body is reconstructed and she awakens, she becomes an important defender during the later struggles surrounding Endless City. 167 199
• Yao Chen — Secret benefactor who saves the clan while disguised in black robes; the elders initially speculate that he may be connected to the Mittel Auction House. 35 He later assists Xiao Yan in defending the clan through its formations. 119
• Hai Bo Dong — The Ice Emperor and Xiao Meng’s subordinate. His intervention against the sixteen Dou Wangs establishes the overwhelming gap between the Xiao Clan and Wutan City’s ordinary factions. 119 121
• Jia Nan Academy — Major ally in the clan’s regional development, refugee relocation, cultivation reform, and later continent-wide defense. 154 195
• Mittel Auction House — Early commercial ally that later enters a formal pill-and-ingredient partnership with the Xiao Clan. 35 122

Notable Quotes

“Two Xiao characters can't be written with one stroke. We're family, so what is there to apologize for?” — Ninth Elder 37