After Duan Tianya's vivid account, supplemented by Lin Changsheng's occasional explanations, Qing Chen finally pieced together the whole story.
Back then, while in Blackwood Island's territory, Qing Chen had refrained from discussing the matter in detail through the Communication Array because of various concerns. Now, hearing their account, he finally understood.
As it turned out, Duan Tianya and Jueqing had led the bronze-tier demon guards in pursuit of the Great Qin Dynasty's descendants.
The Jade Slip Lin Changsheng had provided recorded the distinctive traits of the Great Qin Dynasty's cultivation arts and bloodline in detail, becoming a vital lead in their search.
That investigation had taken a full year or two.
They had traveled between Mysterious Constancy Island and more than a dozen surrounding sub-islands, enduring a thousand hardships before finally discovering traces of the Great Qin Dynasty's descendants in a remote location.
Yet the circumstances of those descendants were deeply lamentable.
They huddled on a first-rank high-grade sub-island thousands of li from Mysterious Constancy Island, with fewer than twenty cultivators left in their lineage.
The strongest among them was their clan chief, Qin Hai, who was only at the seventh layer of Qi Refining. His strength was meager, offering a glimpse of the lineage's wretched circumstances.
They occupied a small hill as their lineage's cultivation grounds. Although the spiritual energy was not particularly dense, it barely sufficed for cultivation.
Once, when the Qin Household went out to sea to hunt demon beasts, they encountered a "Water Bandit invasion" meticulously orchestrated by Lin Changsheng.
Lin Changsheng had ordered the Water Bandits of Azure Dragon Stronghold to launch a surprise attack on the Qin Household.
Fortunately, Lin Changsheng, Duan Tianya, Jueqing, and the others arrived in time to rescue the Qin Household from danger.
Otherwise, this last bloodline of the Great