Today's first update: Chapter 2907! 1/4!
Three generations ruled together: the Tortoise King, Tortoise Crown Prince, and Tortoise Heir. The Tortoise King was not comparable to some War King or Heavenly King, but to the King of the Black Tortoise Race.
Those eligible had nothing to do with the strength of their bloodline, but rather its purity. Otherwise, how could someone like Xuan Shiba, with his Tier-S Bloodline, have qualified?
The Black Tortoise Race's purpose in doing this was to use the investiture of Tortoise Kings to produce pure Black Tortoise bloodlines generation after generation. A lower bloodline tier did not matter, but if it was not pure, one could not be called a Black Tortoise.
In other words, only direct-line Black Tortoises could receive this honor. Accordingly, their status was naturally lofty—they were true territorial lords and towering figures of the Black Tortoise Race!
Xuan Shiba was already among the lowest-ranking direct-line Black Tortoises. Within the direct line, Tier-S Bloodlines were even rarer than SS-tier and SSS-tier ones.
Yet his standing in the Black Tortoise Race was still higher than those mixed-blood turtles with Tier-SSS Bloodlines. Most importantly, only pure-blooded Black Tortoises possessed methods like the Black Tortoise Seal.
Even he was like this, so the Black Tortoise Kings with stronger bloodlines naturally held even greater status!
Within the Black Tortoise Race, aside from the Council of Elders, which had retired behind the scenes while actually controlling all major and minor affairs, the King of the Black Tortoise Race was already a T1-level existence.
Across the Myriad Races, figures of such status were generally extraordinarily powerful. Someone like Xuan Shiba, who had spent so many years only reaching the War King Realm Peak, was instead a rarity.
Although Chan Meili had borne Crown Prince Xuan Er, Yi for