Wang Daoyuan was dumbfounded. The Nether Dragon Organization was even more rotten and darker than the Netherworld Sect and Blood Shadow.
Although the Netherworld Sect's highest ranks were controlled by the direct descendants of the Ming, Luo, Zhong, and Gu Families, and the position of sect master could only come from those four families,
at the very least, hall masters and vice hall masters could still be outsiders.
Blood Shadow was the same. Great power rested with the Zhang and Xu Families, but non-direct descendants could still become elders with real authority.
Even a position like Blood Wolf General Manager, with authority comparable to the Second Elder and Third Elder, had been entrusted to the outsider Wu Xiang.
The hall masters of the various branches were also mostly non-direct descendants.
Even so, the middle- and lower-ranking cultivators in those two forces were already deeply dissatisfied.
Over in Yan Kingdom, although great power was held by Wang Clan members, quite a few outsiders occupied the middle and upper ranks as well.
The prefects of each prefecture were basically the heads of the forces that had submitted to them.
Among the upper ranks of the Wan Chuan Merchant Guild, outsiders even outnumbered Wang Clan members.
Within the Wang Clan itself, whether a clansman could become part of the upper ranks depended first and foremost on ability.
Having parents of high status only allowed their descendants to obtain more resources; it could not directly arrange for their children to become elders or clan heads.
He had not expected the Nether Dragon Organization's direct descendants to go so far, practically monopolizing even the middle ranks.
This method had the effect of pulling the firewood from beneath the cauldron—everyone with power was one of their own.
Outsiders possessed not the slightest authority, and naturally had