The Three Clans ruled the Primordial World through their peoples and territories, but in some ways, their rule was no different from that of a dynasty.
Dynastic Luck and a clan's fortune were much the same, too.
To gather fortune, strengthen it, and see a clan's fortune flourish, the territory it actually controlled was paramount!
That required clan members, just as a dynasty required officials.
The officials who attended court and the highest-ranking officials in each province and commandery formed the middle and upper ranks of administration.
The Three Clans had always filled those ranks with members of their core lineages.
But now, they no longer had enough core members left to fill those positions.
The rule of the Three Clans was already hanging by a thread!
Even if one clan unified the Primordial Wilderness now, it would not have enough members to govern it effectively.
At that thought, Progenitor Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Primordial Qilin froze where they stood. Their eyes suddenly cleared.
Of course, they could shake off the Tribulation Aura's deep influence only because the Primordial Heavenly Dao deemed that this Calamity Tribulation could now end.
Otherwise, given their present condition and cultivation, how could they have escaped its grip so easily?
But none of the three realized that.
Freed from the Tribulation Aura, they felt their blood run cold and their hearts tremble. Their eyes were threaded with red, and an indescribable feeling battered their minds.
How had... it come to this?
They could not even understand how things had reached this point!
Looking at the few clan members who remained, Progenitor Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Primordial Qilin all stared in a daze.
Why?!
But whatever the reason, the truth lay before them. What was done was done.
The Three Clans' ambition to unify the Primordial Wilderness had