The collateral royal clan refused to marry into other families, and the biggest reason was that they had gotten no benefits. Reputation came second. Even the Earth-Controlled Heaven Star did not belong to them, so who would be willing to foot the bill for the direct royal clan?
Thus, my words pierced straight through the heart of the contradiction, and the problem was completely thrown back onto the direct royal clan.
Although Star God Heaven respected strength above all and judged status by aptitude, with little distinction between men and women, women ultimately possessed the ability to bear offspring. If they were strong, that was one thing, but weaker women had no way to escape being treated by the powerful as links for transferring benefits.
Even if Di Juan and Di Feng were on the same level, as long as there were other royal heirs above the direct royal clan, then when forced to choose between the two, the one abandoned would still be Di Juan.
As clever as Di Juan was, how could she not know what my words were truly aimed at?
Di Juan glanced at Di Feng, her gaze turning much colder. "Di Feng, you wouldn't have already intended to marry me off in exchange for this Earth-Controlled Heaven Star, would you? Mother Clan has said that whoever creates the Earth-Controlled Heaven Star during the grand competition will qualify to take control of the Vast Heaven Hall and use its resources to cultivate quietly until reaching Great Luotian! If we exchanged it for the Earth-Controlled Heaven Star, the credit wouldn't belong to the two of us either."
"Di Juan, listen to yourself. Judging by the time remaining, even if our Earth Clan manages to successfully defend the ring, there won't be enough time to create the Earth-Controlled