Ancient Qilin Clan

The Ancient Qilin Clan, also translated as the Ancient Kirin Clan, is one of the ancients clans that exist in the Theocracy of Ancients. They used to be the second strongest clan, but due to Li Muyang stealing the Cyclic Mirror and "killing" the princess, the entire clan was branded with a lifetime curse and forced to serve as jailors for the Infernal Soul Purgatory. The curse takes the form of a hideous black mark and means slavery.

#### Clan Structure

The clan is split into numerous branches such as the Ink Qilin Branch, Thunder Qilin Branch,etc. Each branch has Qilin Kings which lead them and are representatives of the top lineages of their branch. The Moon Qilin Branch is the second biggest and the Thunder Qilin Branch is the forth biggest.

There are eight exalts who serve as elders in the clan and oversee the various affairs of the clan.

## Prominent Locations

The entire clan was forced to leave their ancestral land and build a new city over the Infernal Soul Purgatory.

* Manor City - The home of the entire clan
	+ Ink Manor - The home of the Ink Qilin Branch.
	+ Saint Armory - The armory provides saintly weapons and artefacts to members of the clan.
	+ Qilin Altar - A sacrifical altar located in the center of the city. It is the entrance to the Infernal Soul Purgatory.

## Members

##### Exalts

* Chong Yang
* Jing Yue - From the Moon Qilin Branch
* Ling Xing
* Mo Yu
* Lei Xun - From the Thunder Qilin Branch

##### Thunder Qilin Branch

* Yun Yuanfeng - Patriach of the branch
* Yun Feiyao
* Yun Zhenzhen

##### Ink Qilin Branch

* Li Muyang
* Li Tianming
* Qin Dingtian - One of the ten Qilin King of the branch.
* Qin Ding - Son of Qin Dingtian
* Qin Yuan - Son of Qin Dingtian
* Qin Ming - Son of Qin Dingtian
* Qin Feng - Qin Dingtian's great grandson
* Li Mulin

## History

As a result of Li Muyang's actions, the entire clan was forced to leave their ancestral land and build the new Manor City in the Infernal Soul Purgatory. They were forced to be jailors for the Infernal Soul Race and every clansman has to spend six months of every year within the purgatory to maintain the operation of the Infernal Soul Formation. For those under the age of five, they are not able to contribute, but have to still remain within the purgatory. Failure to do so, would lead to the curse breaking out and killing the person.

### Tianming's Forced Imprisonment (Chapter 404 to 425, 428)

After arriving at the clan, Tianming had been left with Li Muyang's last family member, his uncle. Shortly after, he was visited by both Qin Feng and Li Mulin who wanted to teach him a lesson, but were beaten up instead.

On the next day, when they tried to brand him with the life time curse, it took them two tries due to resistance of the Prime Tower and although they succeeded, the mark was without the power of the curse. The Decimo Dao Palace had sent out both the Future Hall King and South Hall King who had been informed by Li Wudi, but were too late to stop the exalts of the clan. Instead, they assigned Bai Zijin to protect Tianming for the duration of six months that he had to serve in the Infernal Soul Purgatory. Tianming spent most of cultivating and helping his lifebound beast get new abilities from the demon beasts in the underground of the purgatory.

Two months into his imprisonment, Tianming grew weary of cultivating and chose to hunt more demon beasts to unlock new abilities for his lifebound beast. However, he was immediately surrounded by the clanmembers who started to insult his mother and his cowardly nature. Tianming found Baili Zhuixing in the crowd and beated him up as a show of strength, this quieted several clan members. Ning Wushuang was called out to fight him, and after a a short fight, Tianming emerged as the victor.

As Tianming was leaving the purgatory, Yun Yuanfeng walked into the area while carrying Yun Zhenzhen's body. He immedately accused Tianming of murder and was about to attack Tianming, before he was blocked by Bai Zijin. This was merely a distraction as Yun Feiyao sneakily attacked Tianming. Tianming had no time to run and immediately stabbed through the Infernal Soul Formation with his black arm and fell through it to the lower layers and then to the volcano. Bai Zijin sent for her father to aid her as they investigated the murder. The South Hall, Future Hall and Sky Hall Kings soon arrived and the investigations was able to identify the real culprits. Ning Wushuang and Baili Zhuixing was brought forward and evidence was found in the former's spatial ring. Although Yun Feiyao cried out for a life for a life, both of them were taken away to be dealt with at a later date.

After Tianming escaped from the purgatory, he was greeted by the three Hall Kings and Bai Zijin. they noticed that his lifetime curse had vanished from his forehead. The Hall Kings were adamant on taking Tianming away to the Decimo Dao Palace after this incident and the exalts were not able to stop them.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 346
2. ↑ Chapter 401 to 402
3. ↑ Chapter 425
4. ↑ Chapter 402
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chapter 403
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 407
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Chapter 400
8. ↑ Chapter 425
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Chapter 422
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Chapter 413
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Chapter 405
12. ↑ Chapter 419
13. ↑ Chapter 417
14. ↑ Chapter 401