Hun Clan

Biodata

Background / History

Predation on Other Emperor Clans

The Hun Clan secretly contributed to the disappearance of multiple Emperor Clans after Tou She Ancient God’s era. When another clan’s Dou Emperor Bloodline weakened, the Hun Clan attacked and devoured its bloodline to nourish its own. Nihility Devouring Flame sustained this process, preventing the Hun Clan’s bloodline from declining 605 606.

These campaigns also accumulated enormous wealth. Hun Tiandi’s willingness to offer numerous Heaven Rank methods, Dou Techniques, and Ninth-Grade pills at the jade auction reflected resources plundered from destroyed Emperor Clans 951.

Destruction of the Xiao Clan

A thousand years before the main events, the Hun Clan destroyed the Xiao Clan, with Hun Tiandi personally orchestrating Xiao Xuan’s death. Victory came at a devastating cost: Xiao Xuan killed numerous Hun experts, and Hun Tiandi suffered injuries that required a millennium to heal. Hun Tiandi later acknowledged that his clan had never been closer to annihilation 605 606 607 1187.

The Gu Clan removed the Xiao survivors and took over their resources rather than finishing off the weakened Hun Clan. This allowed the Hun Clan to rebuild and eventually surpass its former strength 607.

Suppression of the Xiao Descendants

The Hun Clan repeatedly located the Xiao descendants and eliminated their strongest combatants to prevent a revival. Gu Clan intervention then concealed the survivors again, producing a recurring cycle of discovery, killings, and disappearance 351.

The Xiao Household’s possession of an Ancient Emperor Jade limited the Hun Clan’s freedom to destroy it outright: the other ancient clans would not tolerate the Hun Clan acquiring another piece. The household’s records consequently showed generations of powerful experts dying in supposed accidents rather than a single final extermination 69.

Xiao Lin initially feared that Hun observers were constantly watching his household. The narration later clarifies that the Hun Clan had actually lost its location at that time 7 351.

Millennium of Concealment

During Hun Tiandi’s recovery, Gu Yuan deterred the Hun Clan’s senior fighters from acting openly. Without a healthy Hun Tiandi to oppose him, Gu Yuan could blockade the Soul Realm himself. The clan therefore relied on the Soul Hall while concealing its higher-level experts and living dead 605 606.

Other Emperor Clans assumed that the losses suffered against the Xiao Clan remained crippling. In reality, the Hun Clan spent the millennium replenishing its forces and preparing to seize the jade pieces. Hun Tiandi’s full recovery removed the principal obstacle to that plan 606 1300.

Leadership & Forces

Command Structure

Military Depth

• Senior combatants: More than a dozen mid-level or higher Dou Sheng gather after Hun Tiandi’s recovery, excluding the living dead 606.
• Lower-ranked reserves: The clan also possesses numerous low-level Dou Sheng, Half-Saints, and Dou Venerables 606 1300.
• Disposable expedition forces: Hun Yu summons thirty or forty Dou Venerables near the Bodhi Ancient Tree; Xiao Yan kills all of them with Space Strangulation 1300.
• Concealed strength: Even the loss of a Seven-Star expert such as Hun Yan is described as insufficient to seriously weaken the clan 1022.
• Strategic limitation: Its numerical superiority does not eliminate Gu Yuan’s deterrence. Unless Hun Tiandi occupies him, Gu Yuan can threaten the rest of the clan directly 1189.

Abilities & Methods

Bloodline Devouring

Nihility Devouring Flame enables the Hun Clan to replenish its Dou Emperor Bloodline through other Emperor Clans 605 606.

• Targets clans whose inherited bloodline power is already weakening.
• Prevents the Hun Clan from suffering the same long-term decline.
• Makes extermination campaigns a source of both bloodline power and material resources 605 731 951.

Soul Techniques

The Hun Clan specializes in Soul Power, soul attacks, and chain-based weapons 1020 1021 1037.

• Myriad Souls Worship: A signature Soul Dou Technique whose power approaches Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath when used at a comparable soul realm 1608.
• Fate-Decreeing Ghost Scythe: Hun Zhan’s technique combines a cutting attack with soul disruption. Xiao Lin suspects its accumulated vengeful souls allow it to grow stronger through killing 717.
• Soul formations: Hun Miesheng manifests numerous illusory souls that form a formation and release piercing soul sounds 1454.
• Soul recognition: Hun experts identify the Rakshasa Heart Demon Emperor’s Emperor Realm Soul before the other clans fully understand the danger 1037.
• Limit: Soul attacks remain dependent on relative soul strength; Myriad Souls Worship is ineffective against Xiao Lin’s superior soul realm 1608.

Living Dead

A secret method preserves deceased experts in a state that is neither fully alive nor completely dead. They normally sleep in the Departed Soul Hall, whose central blood coffins house the Four Elders 1185 1187.

• Preserves fighters killed by Xiao Xuan and other experts who died unnatural deaths.
• Requires large quantities of precious resources.
• Allows brief access to formidable peak combat strength.
• Causes strength to decline during prolonged combat, potentially ending in exhaustion and death.
• Encourages dormancy between deployments to reduce consumption 1187.

The limitation becomes visible when Hun Shengtian’s presence begins dropping from Mid-Stage to Early Eight-Star during his battle with Xiao Lin 1609.

Espionage & Proxy Warfare

The Soul Hall serves as the Hun Clan’s intelligence network and soul-collection apparatus 1333.

• Monitors Central Plains factions, giving the Hun Clan the strongest intelligence network among the ancient clans.
• Collects powerful souls to support Nihility Devouring Flame’s intended Emperor Realm Soul breakthrough.
• Operates alongside agents planted within the Gu, Lei, and Yan Clans.
• Allows the Hun Clan to exert pressure without immediately exposing its senior fighters 606 803 1333 1579.

Its intelligence is not infallible: Xiao Lin’s concealed identity, cultivation, and staged injuries repeatedly produce false assessments 497 1043 1333.

Realm Defense & Concealment

• Clan-protecting formation: Supplements Hun Tiandi, Nihility Devouring Flame, and the living dead in defending the Soul Realm 914.
• Realm mobility: Xiao Lin assesses that the clan could flee with the Soul Realm if pushed into a corner 914.
• Operational isolation: Hidden forces cut off contact between targeted realms and the outside world before extermination campaigns 720 1196.
• Evidence suppression: The clan leaves the emptied Ling Realm intact to delay discovery of the Ling Clan’s destruction 731.

Soul Hall

The Soul Hall is a subordinate organization, not another name for the Hun Clan. Its forces combine Hun Clan Dou Venerables and Dou Sheng with outside recruits. Its central leadership—the two Hall Masters and three Great Heavenly Venerates—are Hun clansmen 498 1001.

Internal Culture

Competition and Patronage

Advancement within the clan is intensely competitive. Members seek Nihility Devouring Flame’s favor because he rewards successful service with tangible benefits, including Sub-Flames. Hun Zhan’s failure consequently pleases rivals who hope to replace him 720 731.

Superiors oppress subordinates, while subordinates conceal information and exploit one another’s mistakes. Hun Miesheng later fights desperately against Xiao Chen because he fears the clan will abandon him if he loses 731 1454.

Expendability

The clan repeatedly places strategic gains above its members’ lives. Hun Yan attempts to kill his own expedition alongside five rival clans, while Hun Tiandi permits Nihility Devouring Flame to devour the surviving participants in the failed Stone Clan mission to recover from his injuries 1013 1222.

This ruthlessness coexists with an expectation that an Emperor Clan should honor explicit promises. After the Soul Hall’s defeat, its surviving leadership accepts the agreed dissolution rather than repudiating the result 1009 1468.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Relationships

• Xiao Clan / Xiao Household — Long-standing enemy. The Hun Clan destroyed the original clan and repeatedly suppressed its descendants; this threat drives Xiao Lin to conceal his strength 351 605 1341.
• Gu Clan — Principal rival and deterrent. Gu Yuan restrains Hun activity during Hun Tiandi’s recovery and later assembles an alliance against it 605 606 1590.
• Ling Clan — Extermination target whose bloodline and jade are seized. Survivor Ling Miao dedicates herself to hunting the Hun Clan 731 1218.
• Stone Clan — Targeted for extermination and its jade; survives through outside intervention 1187 1221.
• Yao Clan — Targeted despite its alliance with the Lei and Yan Clans. Its survivors vow revenge after the Hun assault 1500 1533.
• Lei and Yan Clans — Rival Emperor Clans infiltrated by Hun agents; their leaders join the military opposition 803 1579 1600.
• Myriad Formation Spirit Palace — An increasingly dangerous opponent led by Xiao Lin under the identity Lin Xiao. His rise repeatedly disrupts Hun operations and pressures Hun Tiandi to strengthen Nihility Devouring Flame 1222 1438 1579.
• Heavenly Mansion Alliance — Enemy that defeats the Soul Hall and subsequently faces the Hun Clan directly 1468.
• Zhukun / Ancient Void Dragon Clan — Zhukun’s early return adds another top-level deterrent, complicating the millennium plan without making the Hun Clan abandon it 914 954.

Notable Quotes

“In this world, the strong have always reigned supreme! The weak can only wail! Naturally, I feel no guilt, nor will I make any promises to you!”
— Hun Tiandi, defending the destruction of the Ling Clan 1221

“You're disbanding my Soul Hall, but what you'll face next is my Hun Clan!”
— Hun Miesheng, accepting the Soul Hall’s dissolution 1468