Dynastic fortune.
To a nation and its dynasty, it was something of immense importance.
To the imperial family, it was even more greatly beneficial.
Its main benefits numbered three.
First, the blessing of dynastic fortune could ensure the imperial family flourished, allowing its bloodline to continue unbroken and producing more Cultivators with spiritual roots.
If a dynasty's fortune was exceptionally prosperous, it could even produce some monstrously gifted geniuses, making it easier to nurture powerful beings.
Second, dynastic fortune could aid cultivation, increase combat strength, and even help people break through their realms.
Land shrouded by dynastic fortune was blessed land that could automatically gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Cultivating in such a place stabilized one's state of mind and made it less likely for inner demons to arise.
Third, dynastic fortune could protect subordinate forces, creating a cycle of mutual support.
The many Immortal Cultivation Families that pledged themselves to the imperial family could also produce more Cultivators under the shelter of dynastic fortune.
And the more Cultivators there were within the realm, the greater the support they provided to the imperial family, making the dynasty's rule more stable.
Take the three cultivation families of Li, Zhao, and Zhou in Nanli City.
Their ancestors were merely at the Golden Core Realm.
With Lin Fei's current cultivation, he could wipe them out with a flick of his finger.
Yet the Three Great Families had been able to tyrannize Nanli City for so many years, with Cultivators appearing in every generation.
That was because they enjoyed the protection of the Dragon Abyss Dynasty's fortune. Thus, many Immortal Cultivation Families would actively seek refuge with a dynastic power and become its subordinates.
When Lin Fei had fought the ancestors of the Li, Zhao, and Zhou families, those ancestors had