A Just Cause to March Against the Southern Province!

"Excellent, excellent!"

"Including this batch, more than thirty vengeful Qi Condensation have already been added to it, and there are still seven counties left to cleanse..."

"No rush, take it one step at a time!"

"If you flee, then you have a guilty conscience and deserve to have your clan wiped out! If you don't flee, then we'll scrape your bones and eat them to our hearts' content!"

Thinking of this--

Lu Ming became even more excited. After plundering all the resources, he summoned a group of blood beasts to devour the remaining flesh, corpses, and remnants of True Martial's soul!

Qin Lu looked down on these scraps, but there were plenty of them, Lu Ming was happy to take them on...

So many corpses of cultivators and Warrior are nourishment for his blood beast. The more corpses it consumes, the stronger it becomes!

Once all the beasts return to their original forms, they can directly bless oneself!

After everything is settled--

Lu Ming then leisurely returned, and then headed to the next county, hoping that there would be more fools like him who fled with their entire clan there!

Two weeks later--

The purge lasted for a full half month. Lu Ming had already wiped out almost all the Lineage forces that could be destroyed, all in just half a month...

Nearly seventy cultivators perished, and more than twenty factions vanished into history!

Among them was a hegemonic force, which was swiftly suppressed by Lu Ming, and all nine of its Qi Condensation cultivators perished!

And now--

Lu Ming was chasing after a traitorous cultivator. He wasn't in a hurry; instead, he followed leisurely behind, like a hunter...

They are constantly driving their prey away!

Lu Ming intentionally controlled the direction, urging its prey to race towards the intended location...

until--

A giant boundary marker comes into view!

The four large characters "[Southern Province Territory]" seemed to foreshadow a conspiracy the moment that traitorous cultivator fled into the Southern Province Continent...

Everything has changed!

Lu Ming watched the cultivator depart, a Image-Recording Stone documenting the entire moment—everything was going according to plan...

"The Nangong Clan of Southern Province is secretly instigating various forces in Northern Province to arbitrarily interfere in the Qin Clan's internal affairs, which can be considered a provocation against Northern Province..."

"They even secretly plotted to overthrow the Qin Clan!"

"Effective immediately, the Qin Clan will declare war on the Nangong Clan of Southern Province to protect its own interests. This is a justified act, and therefore approved by the imperial court..."

"Anyone involved who resists the Qin Clan along with the Southern Province will be considered an enemy of the Qin Clan!"

Lu Ming murmured to himself, as if he were rehearsing a script...

A scene resembling a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood is about to unfold!

Then, his figure turned into Xueyun and dissipated, while the Nangong Clan was still kept in the dark, unaware that disaster was about to befall them!

They were even celebrating their previous marriage alliance with the Qin Clan...

Now that the Qin Clan is powerful, they can naturally benefit from it and rise in status. If they can become deeply intertwined with the Qin Clan!

Even if news of Nangong Qinghong's demise spreads, with the Qin Clan's protection, they won't be wiped out; in fact, they might even live a better life...

Then, we can submit to the Qin Clan!

Thanks to the marriage alliance with the Qin Clan, they naturally thrived, gaining everything they wanted and knowing they could use it to their advantage in the future...

It might even help the Nangong Clan to be reborn and establish a new Dao Foundation!

A few days later--

Just as the Nangong Clan was still indulging in their beautiful fantasies, Qin Xiao's declaration of war completely shattered their dreams!

Even an elder of the Nangong clan flew into a rage and tore up the declaration of war on the spot...

They vehemently denounced the Qin Clan as inhumane, unjust, disloyal, and unfilial, calling them ungrateful lackeys who had forgotten their roots. They even boasted that the Nangong Clan, as a great clan with a thousand-year history, should not be allowed to proclaim their innocence.

The Qin Clan family, mere commoners of humble origins, how dare they act like this!

Upon hearing this—

This drew much ridicule; it seems the Nangong Clan was truly desperate. Their shattered dreams had plunged them into extreme resentment...

It's that feeling, "Why do you feel that way? There's no reason or logic to it!"

But upon further reflection, the Nangong Clan's actions actually exposed suspicious points. A dignified Foundation Dao Foundation power, as long as Dao Foundation cultivator takes action...

What could have been resolved with just a few words has escalated into this!

unless--

The Dao Foundation cultivator is absent! Or perhaps...

Dead!

This discovery immediately ignited the passion of a group of idle forces: it seems your Dao Foundation cultivator might be gone!

So, does that mean the vast Southern Province has become a piece of fat meat? Anyone with the strength would want a piece of it!

At this point--

Chaos erupted in the surrounding area, with many scattered factions infiltrating the Southern Province in response, ready to take advantage of the chaos at any moment...

And this is exactly what the Qin Clan wanted to see!

Only by thoroughly muddying the waters can Qin Clan make her move...

Even the rumors, and the news of Nangong Qinghong's demise, how could they have spread by such a coincidence? All of this...

It was all just a scheme by the Qin Clan!

Since the Nangong Clan wouldn't speak, the Qin Clan Nangong Clan would help them by taking the initiative to lift their veils and reveal their secret to the public...

The goal is to muddy the waters, completely destroy the Nangong Clan, give them no chance to refute, and crush them in one fell swoop!

A complete scheme, with each step intricately linked!

Starting with the decree regarding the Immortal Register, they attracted the attention of the Da Zhou, and then used this as a legitimate way to demonstrate their strength and elevate the Qin Clan's status...

Then, using the pretext of the Immortal Register decree, purge the stubborn faction within the Northern Province!

From then on, there was only one voice: the Qin Clan!

Then, taking advantage of this, Nangong Clan into the mess...

Once this label is placed on her, the Nangong Clan is already in a passive position. Everything is so natural; all it takes is a little more effort to ignite the fire!

Then this great fire would be enough to reduce the Nangong Clan to ashes...

By doing so, they can annex the Southern Province, Nangong Clan, and even plunder vast resources to eliminate unstable elements within the Northern Province!

Even those scattered forces, those counties and prefectures that have not yet been unified...

Because of the Qin Clan's rumors, they all got involved and waded into this mess, and now they can never wash themselves clean. Then they'll use the excuse of harboring Nangong's remnants...

This would allow them to conquer these scattered prefectures and counties, and then reunify and annex them!

This is what the Qin Clan wants to see! This is what the Qin Clan wants to obtain! This is the Qin Clan's true goal!!

And behind this --

The mastermind behind all of this was Qin Xiao and Qin Hui, with Zhang Yi, Su Qin, Gan Long as their assistants...

These five people joined forces to design this entire elaborate scheme!

For--

It is to make the Great Qin great again!