Though the Human Race's sect system was brutal, it selected its leaders through competition. Every generation's sacred lord had fought his way out of countless sacred sons, ensuring that only the elite rose to the top.
Ye Fan's assumption of leadership over the Heavenly Jade Sacred Land marked the end of an era. The other sacred lords also began passing on their positions, choosing their successors.
Jiang Yifei had defeated the Jiang Family's Divine King Body and officially become its young lord. He was currently in a transitional period, with the Jiang Family's sacred lord handing power over to him little by little. Before long, a new sacred lord of the Jiang Family would emerge.
Sacred Son Yaoguang had used just one hand to suppress the combined assault of Yaoguang's sacred sons from various generations over the past two thousand years. Only then had he earned the Yaoguang Holy Lord's recognition.
Even Xia Yiming, a prince of the Great Xia Dynasty, had to defeat his own brothers before he could rule Great Xia and resonate with the Primordial Emperor Sword.
Within the Ancient Clan, competition also existed, but bloodline determined everything most of the time.
That was because special physiques among the Human Race appeared at random, while the Ancient Clan's invincible bloodlines were passed down generation after generation.
The descendants of a Divine King Body would not necessarily possess a Divine King Body, but the descendants of the Qilin Lineage would certainly belong to the Qilin Lineage.
Based on these traits, the Ancient Clan operated under a system of hereditary families and races. Bloodlines were prized, and the hierarchy was rigid. The stronger the bloodline, the greater the talent, and so the cycle continued. Resources flowed only toward the direct lineages. Thus, for a million years, the Ancient Clan's