The Spirit Demon Clan's Grand Elder had prepared to use a tasteless, odorless poison found within the Spirit Demon Clan to kill that lord.
The Grand Elder of the Spirit Demon Clan at that time was the master of the Spirit Demon Clan Leader, and she was also the most powerful person within the entire Spirit Demon Clan.
Though she was not the Clan Leader, she was in truth the one who truly ruled the Spirit Demon Clan.
When she proposed this idea, many members of the Spirit Demon Clan, including the Clan Leader, voiced their opposition.
However, a small number of self-serving clansmen expressed their approval.
Due to the Grand Elder's strength and status, even though most of the clansmen disagreed, they ultimately had no choice but to relent.
And so, after the Spirit Demon Clan's Grand Elder learned from that lord the method of controlling that power,
she prepared a grand feast in his honor, claiming it was out of gratitude.
But in truth, she had poisoned the wine.
That lord had harbored no suspicion toward the Spirit Demon Clan, and after being poisoned, he quickly lost all signs of life.
What was surprising, however, was that after he lost all signs of life, both his body and his clothing turned to stone.
The stone appeared ordinary, but it was in fact indestructible.
The Spirit Demon Clan's Grand Elder had no way whatsoever to break the stone apart, hoping to find more treasures on that lord's remains.
But then, something bizarre happened.
Not long after that lord's death, the puppet army that had been under the Spirit Demon Clan's control suddenly went berserk.
The puppet army, now out of control,
began a massacre against the Spirit Demon Clan's members.
But it did not kill all of them — only a small number of clansmen were slain.
What was most eerie was that every single person killed was one of the Spirit Demon Clan members who had supported poisoning that lord.
This included the Spirit Demon Clan's Grand Elder herself, who met a miserable death among them.
Meanwhile, those who had originally opposed harming that lord, including the Spirit Demon Clan Leader, were completely unharmed.
The Spirit Demon Clan Leader who survived at that time believed that perhaps that lord had died too unjustly, and that his vengeful spirit had returned to use the puppet army to exact revenge.
Though the slaughter had stopped, an atmosphere of panic had already spread throughout the entire clan.
In order to put the matter to rest,
the Spirit Demon Clan Leader knelt before the stone statue that lord had become and begged for forgiveness.
He swore that every future generation of Spirit Demon Clan members would offer sacrifices to him, hoping to use this method to obtain that lord's forgiveness.
Under normal circumstances, such an apology would have been useless.
After all, at that level of cultivation, once a person was killed, they died completely and utterly.
Therefore, the notion of vengeful spirits was nothing but feudal superstition — even more far-fetched than prophecy.
Yet somehow, it actually worked.
Once the Spirit Demon Clan Leader made his vow, the puppet army immediately crumbled and dispersed.
But the power that lord had left behind still remained.
And so, the later Spirit Demon Clan Leader ordered his subordinates to transfer that power, while also moving the stone statue formed from that lord's corpse to this place.
Though tens of thousands of years had passed, the clansmen of the Spirit Demon Clan dared not forget the sins of their ancestors.
To this day, the Spirit Demon Clan's members still pay their respects to him with the utmost reverence.
"I never imagined that such events occurred back then."
"That lord, who wielded such power, must have been a great figure who dominated the martial cultivation world."
"To die like that — it was far too unjust."
Upon learning of what had transpired, Wang Yuxian also let out a sigh of感慨.
After all, this matter was indeed the Spirit Demon Clan's fault.