"Martial Soul inheritance was closely tied to bloodline inheritance. Blood-related relatives were more likely to possess the same Martial Soul inheritance, and the more powerful the Martial Soul, the more this held true." Liu Xiaoxiao continued, "In the beginning, humans lived on the sea, and those earliest Sea Soul Masters had not yet formed concepts such as Spirit Master clans. They existed as primitive villages, attacking and warring against one another. Forty thousand years ago, after the Sea God was born, the Sea Soul Masters who believed in the Sea God united to withstand the harsh natural environment and support one another, forming a faith system devoted to the Sea God Poseidon. Later, some humans settled and multiplied on the Douluo Continent. As villages, settlements, and even cities emerged, churches devoted to Divine Attribute Martial Souls rose to prominence. Humanity gradually gained the strength to establish itself and survive, and as the number of relatives sharing the same Martial Soul increased, the earliest concept of Spirit Master clans gradually emerged.
"Clan was a collective term for sects and families. At first, the greatest difference between sects and families was that a sect often consisted of more than one family. Ancient sects such as the Clear Sky Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect each had numerous affiliated Spirit Masters, whereas the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan consisted almost entirely of its own members and some relatives by marriage. Generally speaking, the more powerful a Martial Soul was, the more easily it awakened in descendants, and Innate Soul Power was also closely related to a Martial Soul's strength. Based on the inheritance of powerful Martial Souls, the earliest Spirit Master clans were born. The most renowned at the time were the Seven Great Sects, forces that could almost stand on