Basically, the major forces of the Middle Continent all had quite a few Dou Zongs.
The Eight Ancient Clans likewise possessed large numbers of powerful Dou Zongs.
After reaching the Dou Zong realm, advancing even a single star became exceedingly difficult.
Even if one could advance, it required a great deal of time.
A Dou Zong's Dou Qi was simply too vast; every star required immense accumulation.
Moreover, after reaching the Dou Zong realm, unless one was an exceptional genius, one was generally no longer young.
On the path of cultivation, cultivation speed gradually declined with age.
The golden period for cultivation was before the age of thirty.
Only top-tier geniuses could break through to Dou Zong within that period.
Even in the Middle Continent, where geniuses emerged in endless numbers, such talents were extremely rare.
In truth, anyone capable of breaking through to Dou Zong could be considered a genius.
In certain cities of the Middle Continent, a Dou Zong might be the strongest person there.
A Dou Zong could go to some small place, become a local emperor, and live freely and carefree.
Even in some cities of the Middle Continent, Dou Zongs were regarded as ancestor-level figures.
After all, there were only so many forces in the Middle Continent that openly possessed strength above the Dou Zong realm.
They were the One Tower, One Hall, Two Sects, Three Valleys, and Four Pavilions.
As for the Eight Ancient Clans, relatively few people knew about them.
After all, the Eight Ancient Clans basically lived within their own Small Worlds.
Furthermore, the Xiao Tribe had now fallen all the way to the Jia Ma Empire on the Northwest Continent, becoming a small family in Wutan City.
If not for Xiao Yan's rise in the original work, how could the Xiao