The heavenly court enveloped Witherdew Major the second it was established. Previously devastated by the chaos lightning tribulation, the Witherdew court stirred to life and began to rebuild. As reconstruction efforts commenced, Lu Yun raised the Xue Clan—former peak faction of Witherdew Major—as the royal clan of the major.

Patriarch Xue Chujiu of the Xue Clan was the new lord of Witherdew major. This was the youth who’d weathered his immortal tribulation in the East Sea and swore fealty to Lu Yun after becoming a void ascended immortal. That brought the Xue Clan under Lu Yun’s banner as well and made them one of the largest factions in Dusk Province.

Their immortals had mostly all died in that chaos tribulation, and what few remained fell to numerous...