The Yao Ling Clan's Supreme Elder had prepared to use an odorless, colorless, and tasteless poison from within the clan to kill that great figure.
At that time, the Supreme Elder of the Yao Ling Clan was the master of the then-clan leader, and also the most powerful person within the entire Yao Ling Clan.
Though she was not the clan leader, in truth she was the true ruler of the Yao Ling Clan at that time.
When she proposed this idea, although many within the Yao Ling Clan — including the clan leader — voiced their opposition, there were also a small number of self-serving clan members who expressed their agreement.
Given the Supreme Elder's strength and status, even though the majority of the clan members were against it, they ultimately had no choice but to concede.
Thus, after the Supreme Elder of the Yao Ling Clan learned from that great figure how to harness that power, she prepared a grand banquet in his honor under the pretense of gratitude.
In reality, however, she had laced the wine with poison.
And that great figure had harbored no wariness toward the Yao Ling Clan. After he was poisoned, he quickly lost all signs of life.
What was surprising, though, was that after he lost all vital signs, his body and even his clothing transformed into stone.
The stone appeared ordinary, but it was in fact indestructible.
The Supreme Elder of the Yao Ling Clan had no way whatsoever to break the stone apart, no way to search the great figure's body for more treasures.
But then, something eerie happened.
Not long after that great figure's death, the puppet army that had been under the Yao Ling Clan's control suddenly went berserk.
The rampaging puppet army began massacring the Yao Ling Clan's members.
However, it did not kill all of them — only a small number.
The most unsettling part was that every single person who died was a clan member who had supported poisoning that great figure.
Including the Supreme Elder of the Yao Ling Clan herself, who likewise perished miserably.
As for those who had originally opposed murdering the great figure — including the then-clan leader — they were all completely unharmed.
The surviving clan leader of the Yao Ling Clan came to believe that perhaps the great figure had died so unjustly that his spirit had transformed into a vengeful ghost, using the puppet army to exact his revenge.
Though the slaughter had already stopped, panic had already spread throughout the entire clan.
To put the matter to rest, the then-clan leader knelt before the stone statue that the great figure had become and offered her apologies and pleas for mercy.
She swore that all future generations of the Yao Ling Clan would pay him offerings, hoping to earn the great figure's forgiveness through this method.
Under normal circumstances, such an apology would have been utterly useless.
After all, at that level of existence, once someone was killed, they died completely and utterly.
The notion of a vengeful ghost was nothing but superstitious nonsense — even more far-fetched than prophecy.
And yet, against all reason, it actually worked.
Once the clan leader made her vow, the puppet army immediately disintegrated and dissipated.
But the power left behind by that great figure still remained.
Thus, the later clan leader ordered that power to be transferred, and at the same time had the stone statue that the great figure's body had become relocated here.
Though tens of thousands of years had passed, the clan members of the Yao Ling Clan dared not forget the sins of their ancestors.
Even now, the Yao Ling Clan members continued to pay their respects to the statue with the utmost reverence.
"So that's what happened back then."
"That great figure possessed such power — he must have been a formidable figure who dominated the cultivation world."
"To die like that… it was far too unjust."
Upon hearing the full account, Wang Yuxian couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
After all, what the Yao Ling Clan had done was truly wrong.