At this moment, the face of the Nova Kinship’s Clan Leader is as dark as murky water.
Just as Scarlett Jennings had said, the foundation beneath this Ancestral Hall is indeed filled with bones.
The Ancestral Hall undergoes renovation every ten years.
It is during this time that the women offered as sacrifices are sent into the hall, forever to rest beneath the earth.
Yet, what of it?
As members of the clan, giving up one’s life to ensure the clan’s eternal prosperity is their honor.
This is especially true for the nineteen chaste women, including the Wright Clan.
They died in the village, went through reincarnation, and returned to this village once more; isn’t this another form of endless cycle of life?
The Clan Leader of Nova Kinship does not see the ancestors’ practices as mistakes.
If it were him, he would make the same choice.
In contrast to the Clan Leader’s righteousness, the women originally standing by the shadow wall unknowingly begin to cry.
Some find it horrifying, others, like Evelyn Wright, feel the resentful energy that was once trapped beneath this stone tablet, belatedly realizing that they too are bound by fate.
They are unwilling, resentful.
Yet they remain helpless.
They can only watch as their resentful energy transforms into the fortune that nourishes the clan, allowing it to continuously grow and prosper.
Every few years, Nova Village produces a notable figure.
These figures boast about their achievements, living glamorous lives, but remain unaware of the countless remains beneath their feet.
And they, regardless of how many times they reincarnate, cannot escape the cage of the Nova Kinship.
This cage...
Should have been destroyed long ago!
Evelyn Wright, with eyes red, raises her gaze to the opulent Ancestral Hall before her, a mournful wail escapes her throat, and she rushes into the main hall heedless.
She starts destroying everything within her sight.
The members of the Nova Kinship snap out of their shock, and seeing Evelyn’s actions, they become instantly furious.
This woman, how dare she desecrate the ancestors?!
"Stop!"
Someone shouts angrily and hastens to intervene, but as they move, they are wrestled to the ground by those following behind.
It is the women who had always been standing by the shadow wall.
Evelyn’s actions seem to have touched a nerve that had been suppressed within them for so long; they rush forward heedlessly.
Blocking all clan members who attempt to stop them.
In an instant, the men and women in the main hall get entangled in chaos.
The chaotic scene causes the Clan Leader of the Nova Kinship to involuntarily vomit blood once more.
Scarlett Jennings stands within the barrier, watching the chaos unfold, much like the resentful energy within the barrier howling to release centuries of grievance.
She closes her eyes.
If destroying this place can let your resentful energy dissipate.
Then she shall do as they wish.
Opening her eyes, Scarlett Jennings suddenly draws two streams of golden light from the Golden Light Barrier.
The golden light pierces into the Black Wood Lotus.
The lotus emits layers of golden light, attracting the fortune within the Ancestral Hall, which begins to flow incessantly into the Stone Tablet through the Black Wood Lotus.
The resentful energy howling in pain within the barrier seems to be soothed, gradually returning to the Stone Tablet.
When the last thread of resentful energy is reclaimed, Scarlett Jennings rapidly forms a spell with her hands,
"Heavenly Dao is clear, Earthly Dao is peaceful, Human Dao is empty and still, the three talents unite, and the universe returns to one, I invoke the Imperial Decree..."
She raises her voice, chanting the final decree,
"Break!"
With a cracking sound, as if something is breaking, first the main hall’s four stone pillars manifest cracks.
Then the cracks slowly spread, across the bluestone slabs beneath the skylight, eventually converging on the stone tablet inscribed with [Chastity and Loyalty].
Another cracking sound.
The stone tablet splits right down the middle, and though it is stone, fresh blood flows from within.


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