Xiong Clan

Biodata

History

Origins and the Qie Clan Feud

The Xiong Clan descended from Transcendent ancestors and accumulated resources over a thousand years. Its first Transcendent kept a Title Rank Earth Demonic Bear as a pet, which became the clan’s symbol. Unlike the Qie Clan’s single-heir succession, the Xiong Clan had multiple members in each generation and maintained a sprawling residence 7 22 24.

The Xiong and Qie clans were bitter enemies for a millennium, with their fighting strength remaining roughly equal through much of that period. The Xiong Clan’s Cangshan County and neighboring Qingshan County were separated by the Qiyun Mountain Range and had fought for generations 6 19 21.

Failed Ambush of Qie Yunzhou

Xiong Biao attempted to kill Qie Yunzhou in the mountains after his younger brother, Xiong Li, became a Title Knight. Their coordinated attack paired Xiong Li’s Mountain Cage with Xiong Biao’s Mountain Splitter, but Qie Yunzhou had secretly comprehended the Myriad Existences of Wind two days earlier and neutralized both techniques 6 7.

The brothers escaped Qie Yunzhou’s counterattack using a spatial scroll. The dozens of knights accompanying them were killed. Because the attackers had known his unannounced route, Qie Yunzhou suspected an informant within his own clan; he and Lin Wantang identified Kang Zhixuan and Qi Lingfei as possible suspects but withheld action without evidence 7 9.

Assassination Attempt on Qie Qiong

After Qie Qiong achieved Unity of Man and Sword, the Xiong Clan stationed an assassination party near Cloud Sea Prefecture City. The group repeatedly missed him over the following years before intercepting him on a journey with Kang Zhixuan and Qi Lingfei 13.

Xiong Zhendong led eight attackers: himself, three Meteor Knights, and four Heaven Rank Knights. During the confrontation, Kang Zhixuan attempted to stab Qie Qiong from behind with a poisoned dagger. Exposed as Xiong Zhixuan, he admitted that he had always belonged to the Xiong Clan 13 14.

The attackers had badly underestimated their target. Xiong Zhixuan had reported that Qie Qiong had not yet cultivated Dou Qi, but Qie Qiong revealed his Title Rank strength and suppressed them with the Power of Heaven and Earth. Qi Lingfei killed two Meteor Knights, while Qie Qiong killed the others, pursued the fleeing Xiong Zhendong, and executed Xiong Zhixuan despite his pleas. All nine Xiong Clan experts died, and Qie Qiong ordered their deaths reported as the killing of bandits 14 15.

Destruction of the Clan

Once Qie Qiong comprehended the Myriad Existences Realm of Metal, the Qie Clan possessed two Myriad Existences Realm Title Knights against the Xiong Clan’s two less advanced Title Knights. Citing the assassination attempt, the infiltrator, and the longstanding feud, Qie Yunzhou decided to attack directly 21.

Qie Yunzhou and Qie Qiong entered Cangshan County City, confirmed that both brothers were home, and forced their way into the Xiong residence. They killed the gate guards and the first wave of defenders, prompting the clan to issue its highest-level assembly signal 22.

Xiong Biao activated the Earth Vein Array, gaining enough power to contend with Qie Yunzhou. Qie Qiong killed Xiong Li with a single precise sword strike, causing Xiong Biao to lose his composure. Qie Yunzhou seized the opening to bind him with wind chains, then passed the Thunder Star Sword to Qie Qiong, who pierced Xiong Biao’s heart 23.

The surviving knights and retainers scattered. After the attackers departed with the brothers’ Space Rings, the city guards sealed the estate. Local factions—including former Xiong affiliates—then agreed to kill the remaining clansmen and divide their wealth. The remaining Silver Moon experts were overwhelmed in the citywide hunt 23.

Aftermath

The destruction ended the thousand-year feud. The possessions recovered from the brothers represented approximately thirty percent of the clan’s accumulated mortal-world wealth and substantially strengthened the Qie Clan’s resources 24.

The Cangyun Empire investigated, but the city’s prominent factions had all participated in dividing the estate, and the inquiry produced no results. Without a Title Rank faction maintaining dominance, Cangshan County City descended into conflict among the city guards and competing local powers 25.

Organization and Members

• Military forces: Included Heaven, Meteor, and Silver Moon Knights, alongside retainers, guest elders, and subordinate strongholds throughout the city 13 22.
• Rewards: Retainers and guest elders expected to exchange combat merit for higher-grade cultivation methods and martial techniques 22.
• Emergency mobilization: A black, rune-inscribed signal arrow summoned clan members, subordinate forces, and the county city guards to its location 22.

Cultivation and Defensive Techniques

Bear Demon Earth Mountain Technique

• The clan’s core Dou Qi manual, created by its ancestor to complement the Earth Vein Array 24.
• A rare super-grade method, though inferior to the Qie Clan’s Thunder’s Five Transformation Technique 24.
• Part of an earth-focused inheritance emphasizing heavy weapons and formidable defensive Dou Qi; the two Title Rank brothers did not specialize in speed 15 23 24.

Earth Vein Array

• A defensive formation developed over generations and laid throughout the Xiong residence 23.
• Supplied Xiong Biao with earth-vein energy, strengthened his aura and defenses, and allowed him to form a mountain-cleaving saber from Dou Qi and the array’s power 23.
• Its continuous replenishment let him withstand Qie Yunzhou’s Myriad Existences of Wind attacks, but did not prevent his restraint and death when both opponents cooperated 23.
• Produced earth vein jade marrow, requiring a hundred years to form one piece. The marrow could stabilize other fixed formations 24.

Mountain Cage and Mountain Splitter

• Mountain Cage: Xiong Li combined Dou Qi with the Power of Heaven and Earth to create large earthen-yellow hands with a powerful binding force 6.
• Mountain Splitter: Xiong Biao’s ultimate offensive move, used while Xiong Li restrained their target 6 7.
• Their coordinated assault failed against Qie Yunzhou’s Myriad Existences Realm defenses 7.

Headquarters and Holdings

• Xiong residence: A large estate with a prominent signboard and two stone Earth Demonic Bears at its entrance 22.
• Armored defenders: Knights wore standard-issue yellow tier-one alchemical armor; Xiong Li possessed tier-two alchemical armor and a tier-two heavy halberd 22 23.
• Rental properties: The clan collected rent within Cangshan County City. Residents described increasingly violent collection practices under the replacement head steward 22.
• Mining interests: Formerly controlled the thunder-adamantine vein in the Qiyun Mountain Range later seized by the Qie Clan. Qie Yunzhou suspected its probing of the mine had helped draw him away for the attempt on his son; whether it knew about the Thunder Lizard inside remained uncertain 16 19 21.
• Other holdings: Maps recovered from Xiong Li’s Space Ring revealed properties absent from Qie Clan intelligence 24.

Inherited Treasures and Recovered Wealth

• Spatial scrolls: One allowed the brothers to escape Qie Yunzhou’s first counterattack. Another teleportation scroll recovered after their deaths was given to Qie Qiong for emergencies 7 24.
• Space Rings: Both brothers carried substantial stores of wealth; Qie Yunzhou remarked on the unusually large capacity of Xiong Biao’s inherited ring 24.
• Gold and notes: Xiong Biao’s ring contained gold coins and Cangyun Empire notes worth over one million 24.
• Three pieces of earth vein jade marrow: Preserved from the clan’s long-term accumulation 24.
• Thunder adamantine, cultivation manuals, and tier-two alchemical equipment: Taken into the Qie Clan’s treasury after the brothers’ deaths 24.
• Nine-Leaf Gold-Veined Grass: Found in Xiong Li’s ring. Neither brother could use it because it required comprehension of the Myriad Existences Realm of Metal; Qie Qiong consumed its nine leaves over two years, accelerating his metal-law cultivation to the peak of the realm’s Third Layer 24 25.

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