From this barely breathing second-stage Supreme of the Mermaid Clan, Mu Qing learned some information about Sea Consort.
It turned out Sea Consort was not the Mermaid King, but a second-stage Supreme from Mist City back then. She should have died beneath the aftershocks of the Great Sovereign's power, but her daughter, as a pureblood, possessed a special ability and gave most of her pure blood to her mother, Sea Consort.
Thus, the true pureblood fell into slumber, while Sea Consort, who had received most of her daughter's pure blood, unexpectedly broke through to become a final-stage Supreme.
Sea Consort even benefited from the power of rules within that pure blood, gaining the ability to conceal her aura and form. Not even the Great Sovereign noticed this fish that had slipped through the net—or perhaps the Great Sovereign had never intended to bother with her in the first place.
Mu Qing leaned more toward the latter. Even if purebloods were born able to wield the power of rules, at most they could reach the Sovereign realm, and their strength would still be far inferior. It was unlikely they could hide from an expert at the Great Sovereign realm.
Most likely, the higher-ups of the three factions simply could not be bothered. To them, even final-stage Supremes were merely ants.
"So that's how it is. If one obtains enough pure blood, one can also possess the strength of a final-stage Supreme." Mu Qing digested the information from the memory scenes, a trace of enlightenment appearing on his face.
There seemed to be many ways to reach the final-stage Supreme realm. After all, the Blood Demon Clan could reach this realm without cultivating scriptures at all.
It was merely that the path of cultivating a scripture to perfection before condensing a pure