From then on, there was no news of either of them. Rumors spread that Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er had fallen, yet despite Gu Xun'er, the Little Princess of the Gu Clan, being trapped in such peril, the Gu Clan showed no reaction.
Those close to Xiao Yan only relaxed after learning from the Gu Clan that Gu Xun'er had not fallen and that Xiao Yan should be safe as well.
After that battle, all-out war erupted between the Heavenly Mansion Alliance and the Soul Palace. Countless clashes followed, but neither side could overcome the other.
In the period that followed, the Soul Palace's lackeys launched wars with ever greater frenzy across the continent, harvesting souls.
With Saint Yun overseeing the Northwest Continent, hardly any major wars broke out there, and its inhabitants were spared disaster.
Unable to conquer the Northwest, however, the Soul Palace turned toward other regions, leaving corpses strewn across the continent and wiping countless empires from existence.
Resentment now shrouded the continent, and blood qi surged to the heavens.
The Heavenly Mansion Alliance also tied down the Soul Palace's main forces. Otherwise, even more people would have died.
A major incident also occurred among the Ancient Families: the Stone Clan's Stone Realm had closed and could not be opened. How eerily this resembled what had happened to the Spirit Clan.
This left the Lei Clan, Yan Clan, and Yao Clan feeling dangerously exposed. They believed that only the Gu Clan and the Soul Clan possessed the power to destroy the Spirit Clan and the Stone Clan.
Under that pressure, the three clans formed an alliance, completely disregarding the Gu Clan's explanations. As for the Soul Clan, it never even showed itself.
Aside from these events, there was another matter concerning Xiao Yu. Nearly a year after