Chapter 2188: Fragmentation

Ye Liuyun kept the Underworld's gate open for three days, and only after the Yin Souls here were largely gathered did he close it again.

The Mourning Bell, Zhuge Feiyu and others also returned to the Underworld.

He now has several Martial Cultivators from the Ninth Layer Summit in his possession, and no longer needs the Underworld's power.

After all, they are two different worlds, and he does not wish to overuse the Underworld's power.

Ye Liuyun also let Liang Xue slip away from the Spirit Clan.

The Spirit Clan is now in peril; they might sacrifice Liang Xue at any moment.

Ye Liuyun now has the ability to protect her, so Liang Xue no longer needs to stay in the Spirit Clan to take risks.

Thus Liang Xue used the Thousand Illusion Technique taught by Ye Liuyun to alter her appearance, donned an invisibility cloak, quietly left the Spirit Clan, returned to Ye Liuyun's side, and was taken by him into the Space World.

At the same time, Ye Liuyun used Spirit Clan disciples controlled by Slave Seals to spread news of the Spirit Clan's Sacred Site.

He even had Wu Qingcheng broadcast the news across Zhongyang Dalu.

"The Spirit Clan, for the sake of their own Energy Orbs, actually sealed the Underworld passage and offered sacrifices to the Foreign Tribe!"

The news shocked the entire Eastern Continent.

The Dongyun Dynasty seized the opportunity to rally Martial Cultivators, joining forces to eradicate the Spirit Clan menace!

Consequently, many Martial Cultivators rushed to the front lines to support Ye Liuyun.

The news also spread rapidly within the Spirit Clan, and its members gradually split into two factions.

Some say the Clan Chief acted correctly; others argue the Spirit Clan is too selfish to compromise with the Foreign Tribe.

At this moment, the sudden disappearance of Saintess Liang Xue further accelerated the internal split of the Spirit Clan.

Some powerful individuals even attempted to storm the Spirit Clan's Sacred Site, but were blocked by the Clan Chief and core Elders, leading to a battle between the sides!

Within the Spirit Clan, rumors spread that it had become a puppet of the Foreign Tribe.

Some radical Elders even began to lead the Spirit Clan's opposition to surrender to Ye Liuyun.

Others, taking many Spirit Clan disciples, established a separate faction.

For a time, the Spirit Clan was divided into three factions.

Thus Ye Liuyun did not rush to advance troops, but waited for the Spirit Clan to fragment on its own.

He merely had Liang Xue lead the Spirit Clan Elders he had subjugated, the Martial Cultivators who surrendered, and the reinforcements from various powers across the East, to strike the faction led by Clan Chief Lin Tianqi.

With Liang Xue's leadership, more Spirit Clan disciples flocked to join, abandoning Lin Tianqi one after another.

The faction that had formed its own sect also began to continuously attack Lin Tianqi.

They aim to storm the Sacred Site and eliminate that Foreign Tribe.

So Lin Tianqi and Yu Lianhui are under immense pressure at this moment.

Beaten so they cannot retaliate, they can only retreat to the Spirit Clan's garrison, relying on a massive Defense Array to fend off assaults from the various powers.

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun struck the splinter faction, bringing his Soul Cultivators, subjugating their strongmen, and gradually bringing that force under his control, making them obey Liang Xue and merge with her group.

As a result, Ye Liuyun's side now has more Spirit Clan members than those under Lin Tianqi's command.

Later, another poisoning incident broke out in Lin Tianqi's garrison, and Martial Cultivators kept dying.

"The Spirit Clan's brethren, following Lin Tianqi, will face retribution!"

"Lin Tianqi, have you any shame left? How dare you use the Spirit Clan's resources to isolate us!"

"Spirit Clan disciples, stop following Lin Tianqi.

He has become a lapdog of the Foreign Tribe.

Do you intend to join him in sacrificing to the Foreign Tribe?"

Outside the Spirit Clan's garrison, people daily plead through the Defense Array to those inside.

The people inside are also anxious; every day someone tries to escape, only to be slain by patrols dispatched by Lin Tianqi.

"Lin Tianqi even kills his own men! Yet you still follow him?"

"You sabotage the Defense Array; we will coordinate inside and out!"

Xuan Yun and Xuan Song began communicating with a peer elder, Xuan Feng.

"Regardless, we should not surrender to the Foreign Tribe! Even if the Energy Orbs are gone, we can cultivate more, but we must never aid tyranny.

And sealing the Underworld passage affects the Martial Cultivators' reincarnation across the entire East! Assisting such a person, aren't you afraid of divine retribution?"

Elder Xuan Feng was left speechless by that accusation.

"Come out, we have a bucket of Life Spring Water ready to welcome you!"

The two of them even lured Xuan Feng, actually showing him a bucket brimming with Life Spring Water.

Xuan Feng finally made up his mind.

Leveraging his status and influence, he led a group of Spirit Clan disciples to breach the core of the Defense Array, disabling the Spirit Clan's Defense Array.

"Charge!"

The Spirit Clan outside shouted in unison, charging toward the Sacred Site.

Lin Tianqi, Yu Lianhui and the other core Elders, knowing this was inevitable, could only take a few Spirit Clan strongmen and hold the Sacred Site to the death.

Some Martial Cultivators from the East, Martial Cultivators of Red Luan Pavilion, and those from other major forces also seized the chance to strike the Spirit Clan.

In the ensuing chaos, the dead were a tangled mess, and no one could tell which faction they belonged to.

Elder Xuan Feng withdrew early; with Xuan Yun and Xuan Song's help, he was marked with a Slave Seal by Ye Liuyun and returned to the Space World to soak in Life Spring Water.

These strongmen didn't mind being marked with a Slave Seal.

They knew Ye Liuyun only used them for battle and weren't worried about being enslaved.

Ye Liuyun's army merely guarded outside the Spirit Clan's garrison and did not join the chaotic fighting.

He only sent the Black Armor Guards out, and under the leadership of Elders Qingyang and Qingyu, they stripped the Treasure Vault of its resources before withdrawing immediately.

The Spirit Clan still possessed abundant resources, all held by those core Elders and powerful figures, and Ye Liuyun did not partake in the plunder.

The strong Martial Cultivators of the major forces, upon seeing Ye Liuyun's Black Armor Guard withdraw, began a chaotic slaughter within the Spirit Clan, seizing the Spirit Clan's resources.

Lin Tianqi and Yu Lianhui were surrounded and killed by the experts of the major forces, and the resources they held were divided among those people.

The strong Martial Cultivators of the Spirit Clan jointly besieged the Silver‑armored Foreign Tribe, paying a heavy price in casualties before they could completely eradicate it.

The buildings within the Spirit Clan's stronghold collapsed one after another, reduced to a wasteland of ruins.

Many Martial Cultivators also rushed into the Spirit Clan's tombs to search for treasures.

Liang Xue and Ye Liuyun's child, seeing the Spirit Clan's devastation from outside, couldn't help but exclaim, "A once noble Spirit Clan, now reduced to such a disaster!"

"It's their own doing! If they hadn't been so arrogant and refused to compromise with the Foreign Tribe, they wouldn't have met this fate today!"

When things reached this stage, Ye Liuyun could do nothing but wait for the chaos to gradually subside.

Soon, after the Dragon Clan and the Chaotic Beast Mountain strongmen seized some core Elder resources, they withdrew.

Having already taken a considerable amount of resources, they no longer participated in such chaotic battles.

Instead, they returned to help Ye Liuyun guard the outskirts of the Spirit Clan.

Yao Hong, leading the Martial Cultivators of the Red Luan Pavilion, continuously killed Spirit Clan strongmen in a frenzy of retaliation.

Although they slew many Spirit Clan strongmen, their own casualties were also severe.

But Yao Hong didn't care; as long as she could avenge the Spirit Clan, she felt she had fulfilled her mission.