Hun Clan

Biodata

Background and History

Destruction of the Ancient Xiao Clan

The Hun Clan was an Emperor Clan during the ancient Xiao Clan’s prominence. Roughly a thousand years before Xiao Yan’s early story, Xiao Xuan risked his clan’s entire Dou Di Bloodline in an unsuccessful attempt to become a Dou Di. The Hun Clan exploited the aftermath and slaughtered the weakened Xiao Clan until almost none remained. The Xiao family of Wutan City survived as its last bloodline 82.

Hun Tiandi’s Thousand-Year Plan

Hun Tiandi’s central ambition was to become a Dou Di. The clan sought the other Emperor Clans’ pieces of the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe Jade to open the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion and obtain its unfinished Emperor Grade Nascent Pill. Completing the pill required a coordinated group of high-ranking alchemists 138.

The Hall of Souls supported this plan by collecting soul bodies to help Void Devouring Flame attain an Emperor Realm soul. Its interest in capturing Yao Chen also included his potential usefulness in completing the pill 138.

Recruitment of Li Changqing

Hun Miesheng brought Li Changqing’s alchemical talent to Hun Xuzi’s attention. Hun Xuzi supplied a Heaven-Tier soul cultivation technique and his own alchemy insights, ordering that Li be nurtured, investigated, and kept largely separate from ordinary Hall of Souls missions 138.

Li’s untraceable origins and rapid advancement later raised suspicions that he belonged to another Emperor Clan. Hun Xuzi authorized a Dou Di Bloodline test, with instructions to seize him if it revealed such an affiliation. After the test cleared him, the clan continued investing in his development 151 161.

Hun Xuzi eventually required Li to relocate to the Soul World, explicitly stating that refusal was not an option. He promised resources, access to clan techniques, and eventual freedom after the assignment. Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King could accompany Li, but could not leave freely because they knew Heaven Hall’s location 168.

Li secretly intended to exploit the clan’s support and seize the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill himself. His concealment techniques prevented Hun Xuzi from discovering the full extent of his abilities 142 167.

Bodhi Ancient Tree Expedition

The clan sent Hun Yu and a group of Dou Zun to compete for the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s opportunities in the Ancient Desolate Domain. Hun Xuzi assigned Li Changqing to assist against rival factions, but allowed him to compete independently for the Bodhi Heart and Hundred-Life Reincarnation. His principal restriction was not to damage Hun Yu’s foundation 171.

The expedition’s initial attempt to cross the Beast Tide failed, forcing a retreat to the Ancient Domain Platform. Hun Yu later led the assembled experts in another advance, with the Hun Clan remaining in comparatively good condition near the front 175 176 182.

Despite Hun Xuzi’s investment in Li, Hun Yu tried to use the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan’s hostility to restrain or eliminate him. Li survived the confrontation, leaving Hun Yu concerned that he had offended a dangerous competitor 179 182.

Blood Sacrifices and the Stolen Pill

After Hun Tiandi obtained the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, Hun Xuzi recalled Li Changqing to assist with its completion. The Soul World was concealed while outside factions searched for it 195.

Li deliberately exposed a drop of Dou Di Blood containing Dou Di Origin, intending to make Hun Tiandi use it to mature the pill. Hun Tiandi obtained the blood through promises of rewards, while Void Devouring Flame applied threats 197 198.

The clan sacrificed several million captured descendants of the Shi, Yao, and Ling Clans. When their blood was insufficient, Hun Tiandi ordered the sacrifice of the Hun Clan’s own one million descendants. He killed a Five-Star Dou Sheng elder who tried to intervene, silencing further opposition 199 201.

Li then seized the pill. Hun Xuzi, Void Devouring Flame, the Four Demon Saints, and the clan’s other experts surrounded him, exposing the failure of the clan’s long effort to cultivate and control him 202.

Destruction of the Soul World

The clan’s combined attack failed to overwhelm Li Changqing. Its experts then pooled their Dou Qi into Hun Tiandi’s shield to block his Kun Peng Fist, leaving most of them visibly depleted. Hun Tiandi ordered the activation of the Ten Thousand Souls Spirit-Severing Formation despite warnings that it could destroy the Soul World 203.

During the ensuing battle, Hun Tiandi drew heavily on the realm’s source to empower himself and the other combatants. Li answered with countless golden swords infused with Yin-Yang Flame, killing many clan members. Spatial turbulence tore through the failing realm and killed unprotected members below Dou Ancestor level 205.

The Soul World collapsed above the Dou Qi Continent, ending the formation. Hun Tiandi and surviving clan experts remained capable of fighting and continued pursuing the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill; the clan’s complete extermination is not established 205.

Organization and Leadership

Priorities and Internal Hierarchy

• The leader’s plan takes precedence: Hun Xuzi permits an outsider to compete against Hun Yu because Li’s advancement serves Hun Tiandi’s objective 171.
• Usefulness can outweigh clan membership: Hun Xuzi kills a clan Dou Zun who antagonizes Li and absorbs his soul body to support the grand plan 172.
• Bloodline status shapes treatment: Elders supporting the sacrifice dismiss descendants with impure bloodlines as expendable, expecting a new Dou Di breakthrough to renew the clan’s bloodline 201.
• Dissent exists but is suppressed: Some elders oppose sacrificing their own descendants; Hun Tiandi ends resistance by killing the elder who physically intervenes 201.
• Members possess a recognizable aura: Gu Clan observers identify the Hun Clan by a distinctive chill that affects even the soul 176.

Territory and Resources

Soul World

• Origin: Created by an ancient Dou Di of the Hun Clan 169.
• Environment: A vast gray-black landscape beneath a dim, sunless sky, with numerous black buildings 169.
• Cultivation conditions: Spiritual qi is several times denser than outside, and the realm’s atmosphere is particularly favorable to soul cultivation 169.
• Access: Spatial rifts provide entry; authorized tokens grant movement and access to resources throughout much of the realm 169.
• Security: Dou Zun guard the approaches. During the pill-refinement operation, concealment prevents even Gu Yuan from locating it 188 199 200.
• Former defenses: Before its source was depleted, even a Nine-Star Dou Sheng could not force entry 205.

Cultivation and Alchemical Reserves

• Soul cultivation inheritance: Includes a Heaven-Tier Soul Force cultivation technique 138.
• Techniques: Hun Xuzi can authorize access to the clan’s cultivation methods and Dou Techniques 168.
• Advancement materials: Resources include Dou Sheng essence blood supplied to accelerate a promising alchemist’s cultivation 187 188.
• Alchemical workforce: The final pill-refinement team contains several dozen alchemists, all at least eighth-rank; several possess Heaven Realm Soul Force 199.

Abilities and Formations

Soul Collection and Soul Arts

The clan uses captured souls as resources and possesses secret soul techniques 138 204.

• The Hall of Souls collects soul bodies for Void Devouring Flame’s advancement 138.
• Hun Xuzi absorbs a slain clan member’s soul body rather than allowing it to dissipate 172.
• Hun Yu’s black mist corrodes the souls of Ferocious Beasts, killing them while leaving their bodies intact 175.
• Hun Tiandi threatens captives with the clan’s secret soul arts as a means of torment 204.

Spirit-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Formation

• Used during the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill’s refinement 199.
• Converts batches of victims into blood mist to nourish the unfinished pill 201.
• Sacrifices include captured descendants of three Emperor Clans and the Hun Clan’s own one million descendants 199 201.

Ten Thousand Souls Spirit-Severing Formation

• Origin: A secret formation left by the clan’s ancient Dou Di 203.
• Intended use: Reserved for a threat of clan extermination; only a small number of members know of it 203.
• Activation: Hun Tiandi and senior elders use ancient black, rune-covered tokens that resonate with the Soul World and its ancestral bloodline 204.
• Effects: Draws on the realm’s source, temporarily empowers clan experts, and produces black ghostly hands to attack enemies 205.
• Cost: Depletes the Soul World’s foundation and weakens its barrier. Its use against Li Changqing culminates in the realm’s destruction 203 205.

Relationships

• Hall of Souls — Subordinate organization handling the clan’s outside affairs, soul collection, and recruitment of useful alchemists 138 169.
• Xiao Clan — Historical enemy nearly annihilated after Xiao Xuan’s failed breakthrough. The Hun Clan later imprisons Xiao Zhan to interrogate him about the Xiao family’s Ancient Emperor Tuoshe Jade 82 169.
• Li Changqing — Heavily supported outsider cultivated for the pill-refinement project; secretly seeks the pill and ultimately turns against the clan 142 168 202.
• Shi Clan, Yao Clan, and Ling Clan — Destroyed in pursuit of Hun Tiandi’s plan; their captured descendants become blood sacrifices 199 201 203.
• Gu Clan, Yan Clan, and Lei Clan — Rival Emperor Clans with deep enmities toward the Hun Clan; their leaders oppose Hun Tiandi’s breakthrough 199 203.
• Heavenly Palace Alliance — Searches for the concealed Soul World and prepares Xiao Yan’s reception of Ancient Emperor Tuoshe’s inheritance as a safeguard against Hun Tiandi 199 201.
• Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan — Avoids provoking the Hun Clan even while pursuing Li Changqing; its senior members regard his access to the Soul World as evidence of substantial backing 188.