Qin Family's legitimate descendants actually began to doubt their own ancestors, which was, indeed, surprising. Yet what was even more shocking was the array itself, which required the sacrifice of Qin Family's legitimate descendants to operate.

Even Chu Mo felt a chilling sensation rising up as he read this. He couldn't help but harbor the same doubts as the Qin Family's descendant: was this array really set up by the ancestors of the Qin Family?

With this doubt in mind, Chu Mo continued to read.

"Every ten thousand years, a Qin Family's legitimate descendant is bound to suffer calamity. Therefore, each legitimate descendant, one could say, lives in trepidation from a very young age, always walking on eggshells. They dare not overstep by an inch, nor invite trouble. They dread being labeled 'unfilial,' for then they would be in danger. My parents even taught me to act low-key, to not be defiant or arrogant, telling me that the Qin Family was forsaken by the entire Heavenly Realm a hundred thousand years ago. Although the decision not to participate in the war had nothing to do with me, thinking back on it, I still feel ashamed. When the Yanhuang region faced a matter of life or death, as a top-tier clan of the Heavenly Realm, we acted like cowardly turtles. As a descendant of the Qin Family, it is hard for me to understand our ancestors' thoughts. How can there be intact eggs under a destroyed nest?"

Seeing this, a rare smile appeared on Chu Mo's face; in his heart, he had developed a measure of respect for this Qin Family descendant who had been dead for many years. Here was a person with responsibility and conscience.

"Although the Yanhuang region eventually broke apart, it somehow preserved a portion of the Heavenly Realm. The Qin Family thus survived. By examining the ancient manuscripts and books within the family, it is not hard to find that after that battle a hundred thousand years ago, everyone in the Qin Family was actually living in fear. This Luotian Annihilation Array, it was also at that time, proposed by an ancestor of the Qin Family and then set up. At the height of the Luotian Annihilation Array's power, even a supreme being who came in person would die within with resentment. Its purpose, naturally, was to prevent the surviving Great Venerables of the Chu Clan from seeking revenge."

This Qin Lan saw things quite clearly!

Chu Mo sighed inwardly and became even more interested in the contents of the notes he had left behind; Chu Mo felt that the following pages of the notes might reveal a huge secret.

"The Qin Family has always been a master of arrays, so when that ancestor presented the diagram of the Luotian Annihilation Array, it immediately received everyone's endorsement. Judging from the structure of the diagram, this array was indeed unparalleled and flawless, without any weak spots! Even people inside the Qin Family, if not guided by someone familiar with the array... would not be able to leave! Not to mention those from the outside... they simply can't enter."

Having read this, Chu Mo's previous judgment was confirmed; indeed, even people from the Qin Family themselves would have trouble getting out.

"But at that time, that ancestor did not mention that the array would act up every ten thousand years... Each time it did, it would require the fresh blood of a legitimate Qin Family descendant to nourish it. Otherwise, the array would form a terrifying killing array, slaughtering all the Qin Family people inside! By the time the elders in the family realized this, it was already too late. They had thought about leading people out of this array prison. But they didn't expect that the array would be suddenly activated. That time, the Qin Family suffered countless deaths and injuries... especially the once powerful ancestors; nearly all were wiped out. Sadly, they did not die in the battle against the foreign territory a hundred thousand years ago, but perished under the scheming of their own people. That time, the conspiracy of the array was finally exposed. It turned out that the ancestor had long been possessed by a demon of the Demon Clan and was taken over. The powerful Qin Family was firmly controlled by the Demon Clan, manipulated at their will. Even the ancestor who had sealed himself—despite being supreme—was powerless! Because, even if he revived, he could not destroy this array. Unless, there was the resolve to let over one million three hundred thousand legitimate descendants of the Qin Family die together."

Upon reading this, Chu Mo finally couldn't help but show an expression of shock.

Demon Clan!

A race that Chu Mo had almost forgotten, once again appeared before him in such an abrupt manner.

Who could have thought that the Qin Family, which once shared fame with the Chu Family an epoch ago and was gloriously prosperous, had long been controlled by the Demon Clan.

The demons, first by possessing an influential and powerful old ancestor of the Qin Family, then under the pretext of defending against the Chu Clan's lineage, set up this array. Not only could this array defend against invaders, but it also acted like an impregnable prison, tightly controlling all the people within the Qin Family...

No one knew where the Demon Clan was hiding, nor did anyone know exactly how many there were. In any case, once the Chu Family thought about a large-scale evacuation from their ancestral lands, the arrays would start operating directly, and every time... it turned the Chu Family's grounds into rivers of blood!

According to Qin Lan's records, over the past hundred thousand years, the Chu Family had fiercely resisted three times. After all, this matter related to their survival. They could refuse to resist external enemies and prefer to be scorned as turtles hiding their heads. But they couldn't tolerate a large family becoming the servants of the Demon Clan. It was not as simple as losing freedom; it was losing souls!

A massive family, all without souls, what a terrifying and sorrowful thing would that be?

No one could imagine that scene, too horrifying.

Three times of fierce resistance, all ended in failure. A total of more than one hundred and fifty thousand people died. All of these hundred and fifty thousand were the best of the Chu Family's direct bloodline.

It could be said that with each resistance, the Chu Family was greatly weakened.

The last resistance was about thirty thousand years ago, and it was the most devastating one. The elite of the Chu Family's direct lineage lost seven or eight out of ten!

It was also that time that completely shattered the Chu Family's confidence, and they finally chose the most humiliating path—subjugation!

To the Demon Clan!

Starting from the supreme being who sealed himself, all the way down, all of the direct bloodline bore the brand of the Demon Clan in their souls.

In the letter, what Qin Lan found most unacceptable was that at this point, the entire Chu Family... from top to bottom, not a single person had ever seen the true form of that member of the Demon Clan!

It was said that only the ancient supreme ancestor who had sealed himself had seen it, but this too had never been confirmed.

A formidable family was actually captured alive by an unseen enemy and became its servants; such humiliation, any person with a bit of blood in them would probably find it unbearable.

Qin Lan couldn't accept this fate, he didn't want to become the servant of the Demon Clan, nor did he want to be cursed as the scum who betrayed his race, a lapdog. But what he didn't expect even more was that he was chosen... to be the sacrifice in a ritual that occurred once every ten thousand years.

He felt indignant, resentful, angry... but ultimately, right before his death, he was utterly liberated.

"With my death, I exchange for my freedom, if an outsider finds this notebook and sees my words, if you have the ability, then... please, destroy the Chu Family! Otherwise, this family will eventually become the biggest threat to the Heavenly Realm! The elusive Demon Clan, once they invade the Heavenly Realm, will surely start with the Chu Family. On my body, there is a jade slip, inside it is the layout of the Luotian Destruction Array..."

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