The Grant Family was currently situated on one of the most fertile plains in the Land of Ashes. That area also connected to abundant underground resources below, while several exceptionally vast Magic Beast Forests lay nearby.
As Saine's direct line of descent, the Grant Family directly controlled no fewer than seven empires and human kingdoms of varying sizes within the Land of Ashes.
As for the kingdoms and forces influenced by the Grant Family's reach, they were simply too numerous to count.
With Ash Holy Tower as the core, more than thirty human nations in the surrounding regions were all influenced by the Grant Family.
Even foreign Earth Knights or Sky Knights who wished to establish nations in the Land of Ashes had to visit the Grant Family first.
This was a typical case of one man attaining the Dao, and even his chickens and dogs ascending to heaven.
As long as Saine's Ash Holy Tower remained standing firm in this region, the Grant Family could preserve its enduring prosperity.
But then again, no properly established force or family could possibly rely on just one person.
Many times, having only an "Eldest Brother" was not enough; one also needed a "Second Brother" capable of bearing the burden.
Only then could a family or faction develop more steadily.
Now, Ulysses was the "Second Brother" unanimously hoped for by the Grant Family.
To put it bluntly, so long as Ulysses could advance to Level 4, then should something like Saine's previous disappearance for thousands of years—or even a possible death—occur again, the Grant Family would not fall into the abyss overnight.
The family's first Level-4 Knight had been the Grant Family's obsession for nearly a thousand years.
Ulysses had one last chance remaining. If he failed again, the Grant Family would next