It was not only Xu Fan who heard Osiris's words.
Xia Yi and the others heard them clearly as well.
Sylvie, who possessed royal blood, was especially taken aback.
Although Xia Yi and the others also felt that having Xu Fan ascend would be better.
According to Sobek, however, only those with royal blood were qualified to undergo ascension.
They had even considered helping Xu Fan seize Sylvie's chance at ascension when the critical moment came.
Yet what no one had expected was...
Osiris had directly proposed that Xu Fan undergo the ascension.
Osiris soon noticed their reactions as well.
"That little girl does possess royal blood, but her physical body is too weak."
"Even if she were allowed to undergo ascension, the result would only be failure."
Osiris explained to them.
The reason the Pyramid Kingdom had only allowed its rulers to undergo ascension in the past...
Was not actually because royal blood was anything special.
Rather, the ascension ritual imposed extremely high requirements on the strength of one's physical body.
Even with the full resources of the Pyramid Kingdom, it had been difficult to cultivate many Ascendants.
And even if, setting everything else aside, there truly were people of exceptional potential among the common folk...
They would still be suppressed by the royal family.
Moreover, the royal family had been an entity personally supported by these gods.
Naturally, they would not permit anyone else to lay claim to the ascension ritual.
However, the Pyramid Kingdom had long since perished.
It no longer existed.
Rather than scrutinizing bloodlines, Osiris cared more about whether the ascension ritual would succeed.
"The ascension ritual only offers one chance."
"If this ascension fails, we can only wait for the next cycle of reincarnation."
Osiris further emphasized.
Each cycle of reincarnation required at least