In the end, a total of seven clans, including the Xuanyuan Family which had been the first to state its position, publicly announced their withdrawal from the competition for the Divine Son spot.
As for the remaining three clans.
The Qin Family never made their stance clear from start to finish.
From the Ye Family, not a single person even made an appearance.
And as for the Liu Family... their Patriarch was already dead, his body burned to ash. With no one left to speak for them, the question of withdrawal was moot.
With the other six great clans departing in dejection, their hearts full of frustration and resentment...
...the Meridian Gate Incident—an event that had captivated the entire nation—finally, slowly, came to a close.
No one could have expected it.
That this siege, a seemingly inescapable deathtrap orchestrated by the combined might of the Ten Great Clans, would end with them retreating in utter disgrace.
The woman and the mosquito had actually, truly won.
