"How long ago did Uncle Hao break through? Ninety million years ago, when I left the clan, you were already trying to step into the Hegemon Grade domain," Hua Yunfei asked.
"Thirty million years ago."
Nalan Hao wore a helpless expression. "Not afraid of being laughed at by you, but after you left, the Nalan Family produced only one Hegemon Grade expert—me."
"The others either died during their breakthroughs, or exhausted their potential and did not even qualify to attempt one."
"Your father and grandfather did not have that blessing either. They have now given up on this path and will no longer try."
Hua Yunfei deeply understood. "This domain is indeed far too difficult. Even at the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy, with Dao Wushuang and the others helping me, I had to expend tremendous effort to achieve it."
No matter where one was, no matter how lofty the heavens and earth, the Hegemon Grade domain remained an existence one could only gaze upon from afar. Even with vast resources and a terrifying background, one still had to take that step oneself.
"What you achieved is already remarkable. Though there is no explicit Heaven's Decree forbidding too many experts from the same bloodline from emerging, in the Hegemon Grade domain, it truly becomes increasingly difficult for members of the same bloodline to break through. One must open another path and walk an alternative road."
Nalan Hao recalled his own breakthrough. It had truly been a path where ten deaths left no life. He had nearly followed in the footsteps of the other clansmen, dying miserably on the road to breakthrough, never to revive again.
"Hegemon Grade beings carry Karma that is too great, and their influence stretches too far. The unseen rules truly impose some restrictions—or rather, they should not