It wasn't that branch families were necessarily stronger than the main line.
Rather, some branch families were not highly regarded. The founders of some branches could not even be considered true members of the Lin Family.
They had merely followed the Lin Family in conquering the world back then, earned merit, and been bestowed that surname.
To many people at the time, that was an honor beyond compare.
Of course, it had now become something of a burden.
With the collapse of the Lin Family, Founding Ancestor Cheng had failed to break through to godhood, while the other four demigod experts had all perished, stripping the Lin Family of its greatest umbrella of protection... Though the family had managed to hold on for a while afterward through sheer effort, they were ultimately outnumbered.
The Mysterious Yellow Lin Family was one of the Lin Family's former branch lines.
However, theirs was not a surname bestowed by the Lin Family. They descended from a member of the Lin Family bloodline who had voluntarily split off back then.
Their ties were relatively close. Otherwise, they would not still be continuously sending resources to the main line even now.
On the road to Heavenly Star City.
The middle-aged man, Lin Ze, had a faint shadow in his eyes the entire time.
Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar scenery around him, he was filled with emotion. The Lin Family... had truly declined.
He had always been in charge of transporting supplies over the years. Things had been fine decades ago, when the main line of the Lin Family still possessed considerable strength. But ever since that great upheaval several years ago... the main line had completely fallen into decline. All its experts had died in battle, and even its Immortal Lords had been utterly