Part One: The Rise of the The Warren Family

Chapter One: Becoming Clan Leader from Today

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The 3,145th year of Longchang in Great Qian—ninth day of the fourth month.

The The Warren Family of Ping’an, former clan head Henry Warren passed away young due to injury.

After the seven-day mourning period, as the legitimate direct descendant, Charles Warren—in accordance with national law and clan rules, under the supervision of the matriarch The Warren Family Gongsun Hui and the clan elders, and after reporting to Ancestor Longyan and the ancestors—succeeded as the new clan leader.

The The Warren Family is a ninth-rank Xuanwu family officially registered and evaluated by the Great Qian Empire, with influence limited to the Ping’an Town area of Changning Guard, considered a lower-tier noble family.

But their ancestors were once prosperous, tracing their roots back to the main line of the Great Qian The Warren Family.

A thousand years ago, for unknown reasons, an ancestor split from the Great Qian The Warren Family, traveled thousands of miles to Longzuo Commandery, pioneered and established the Longzuo The Warren Family, laying the foundation for the clan.

At that time, the Longzuo The Warren Family was considered a prestigious and powerful clan, second to none.

Unfortunately, flowers do not bloom for a hundred days, and no one enjoys good fortune forever.

After their glory days, the family gradually declined.

Later.

In the 3,000th year of Longchang, the talented William Warren of the Longzuo The Warren Family led his family south with a pioneering order to Changning Guard, and at the confluence of the Liuping Mountain range and the Anjiang River, they cleared land, built a village, and established a town, arduously opening up a human settlement and earning merit, founding the Ping’an The Warren Family and taking root to thrive.

At his peak, Ancestor Zhouxuan reached the late stage of the Spirit Platform Realm, wielding absolute power in Ping’an Town.

What made Ancestor Zhouxuan even prouder was that his legitimate granddaughter Lillian Warren was exceptionally gifted, reaching the seventh level of the Qi Refining Realm at eighteen, admitted to the renowned Purple Mansion Academy, breaking through to the Spirit Platform Realm at thirty, and reaching the mid-stage of the Spirit Platform Realm before sixty, earning the academy’s high regard and cultivation.

At the same time, Lillian Warren and Frank Bennett of the Shanyin Liu Clan were known as the Twin Beauties of Changning, their fame spreading far and wide.

In addition, the direct great-grandson Edward Warren was also extraordinarily talented, reaching the Spirit Platform Realm at forty under the ancestor’s guidance and taking up the position of clan leader.

At that time, the The Warren Family boasted three Spirit Platform experts in one family, their influence extending throughout the Changning Guard region.

Until the 3,095th year of Longchang, when Ancestor Zhouxuan was 145 years old, a long-dormant beast horde suddenly erupted deep in the Liuping Mountains, with Ping’an Town bearing the brunt of the disaster.

To protect the family’s century-old foundation, Ancestor Zhouxuan personally held off a fifth-rank beast, the Golden-Winged Sun-Swallowing Tiger, awaiting reinforcements.

The battle was extremely fierce; two ancestor-level figures from vassal families also went missing during the beast tide, their fates unknown. Although the Golden-Winged Sun-Swallowing Tiger and the beast disaster were eventually slain by the arriving Changning Guard reinforcements, the Ping’an The Warren Family suffered devastating losses.

Not only did Ancestor Zhouxuan fall in this battle, but the fourth-generation clan leader Edward Warren, who was highly regarded by the ancestor and had just reached the initial stage of the Spirit Platform Realm, as well as the fifth-generation successor Samuel Warren, also perished in the beast disaster.

The loss of two generations of Spirit Platform experts greatly weakened the Ping’an The Warren Family.

Meanwhile, the two vassal families, The Bennett Family and The Clark Family, had long harbored ulterior motives, secretly preserving their strength during the beast disaster, with their two ancestors faking their deaths to escape. After the The Warren Family declined, they formed alliances in an attempt to annex the The Warren Family’s foundation.

At this critical moment, the third-generation clan member Lillian Warren resolutely violated the Purple Mansion Academy’s rules, gave up a promising future, returned to the family, and took the initiative to confront the enemy’s three Spirit Platform experts.

Fighting one against three, Lillian Warren fiercely slew an enemy Spirit Platform ally, intimidating the The Bennett Family and The Clark Family ancestors.

Unfortunately, Lillian Warren was severely injured in this battle, her strength falling to the initial stage of the Spirit Platform Realm and her lifespan greatly reduced.

Even so, Lillian Warren still shouldered the heavy burden alone, barely managing to protect the Ping’an The Warren Family. The The Bennett Family and The Clark Family dared not provoke Lillian Warren too much, so they resorted to a strategy of gradual encroachment.

Time flew by, another forty or fifty years passed, and generation after generation, no new Spirit Platform expert emerged among the clan members. This time, even the previous clan leader Henry Warren had died.

All the burdens now seemed to fall on the new clan leader Charles Warren!

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The main residence of the The Warren Family, inside an antique-style side room.

“Young master—no, clan leader~ The deceased is gone, please eat something first. If you go on like this, I’m afraid your body won’t hold up. These dishes were personally prepared for you by Madam Gongsun.” The personal attendant George Warren carefully carried a rosewood food box, his brows full of worry.

“Hoo~” Charles Warren let out a long breath, put down the “Wang Clan Inheritance Chronicle,” his eyes regaining some clarity as a thought arose in his mind, “Who would have thought that a car accident would send me to a xuanhuan world, and I’d inexplicably become the clan leader of a declining Xuanwu family. Unfortunately, it looks like the burden is heavy.”

It turned out that three days ago, the original Charles Warren, overwhelmed with grief while keeping vigil for his late father, fainted in front of the coffin. When he finally woke up, he had become a transmigrator.