Half a year later, the Central Plains, which had enjoyed peace for who knew how many years, was suddenly rocked by a piece of news from an unknown source, stirring up towering waves.
At the center of this news was the Spirit Clan, a supreme clan that had dominated the Central Plains for countless years.
As early as the opening of the Heavenly Tomb, most members of the ancient clans had learned that the Spirit Clan had been forced to seal the Spirit Realm because its bloodline was gradually fading. At first, no one had paid much attention.
But not long ago, some powerful cultivators discovered that the Spirit Clan's long-sealed realm had reopened. When they went to investigate, however, they found the Spirit Realm utterly deserted. Not a single person remained. Even the Spirit Clan's vast population of descendants had vanished without a trace.
Seeing smoke hanging everywhere in the Spirit Realm, with every corner reeking of death and destruction, the entire place reduced to a hellish ruin, those cultivators froze. Though they did not want to admit it, the truth lay before their eyes: the Spirit Clan, one of the Central Plains' superclans, had been exterminated, just like the Xiao Clan a thousand years ago!
A chill instantly surged from the soles of their feet to the tops of their heads, leaving their hearts cold. The Spirit Clan was one of the ancient clans. Although it had been declining over the years, a starving camel was still bigger than a horse. No matter how far it had fallen, it remained a power capable of dominating an entire region. Take the Soul Palace and the Pill Tower, the foremost powers publicly known in the Central Plains: without the Soul Clan behind the Soul Palace intervening, even their combined strength