Pagoda Ancient Clan

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

The Pagoda Ancient Clan is an ancient Great Thousand World power whose territory contains vast black towers, ancient halls, and the Spirit Vein Hall. Its population is large despite strict bloodline control, with newborn members routinely assessed for Spiritual Veins. 1

The clan historically placed exceptional value on inherited Spiritual Veins. Heaven-grade Spirit Veins qualified children for inner-clan cultivation and brought rewards to their branch, while Divine Veins were considered far more significant because of their potential to produce Heavenly Sovereigns. 1

At the beginning of the story, the clan-chief position was vacant and Grand Elder Futu Xuan held the highest authority. Futu Yun nevertheless bore the title of young clan chief after receiving recognition from the Endless Light Body, despite initially possessing no Spiritual Veins. 1 2

Futu Yun’s return from the Spirit Road with Nine Divine Veins triggered immediate factional competition. Futu Xuan intervened, ordering that the unidentified bearer be given second-sequence status, admitted to the inner clan, and supplied with the highest-grade cultivation resources; the bearer was soon revealed to be Futu Yun himself. 1

Despite their competition, the Five Great Ancient Clans historically maintained an implicit defensive and offensive understanding. Their clan-protecting Sacred Artifacts were generally reserved for deterrence or existential threats rather than ordinary disputes. Futu Yun’s later campaigns broke through this restraint and overturned the balance among the ancient clans. 103 104

Organization

Leadership

• Clan Chief — Traditionally one of only two positions permitted to bear the surname “Futu”; the post was vacant when Futu Yun emerged. Control of the Ancestral Pagoda was a qualification for succession. Futu Yun acquired that qualification but initially declined to assume the title; later narration explicitly identifies him as patriarch and clan chief. 1 52 101 121
• Grand Elder — Futu Xuan served as the clan’s highest authority during the vacancy and controlled the Ancestral Pagoda before Futu Yun gained its recognition. He continued to participate in the clan’s later wars, including the destruction of the Black Heaven Ancient Clan. 1 52 104
• Young Clan Chief — Futu Yun obtained the title through his resonance with the Endless Light Body and later exercised much of the clan chief’s practical authority. 2 52
• Futu Xi’s Succession — Futu Xi, the son of Futu Yun and Qing Yanjing, rose to leadership during Futu Yun’s absence following the final war. He is described as young clan chief in the account of his succession and as the clan’s ruling leader and the Great Thousand World’s guardian deity by Futu Yun’s return. 126

Former Three-Lineage Structure

Before Futu Yun’s reforms, the clan’s internal politics centered on three major lineages:

• Xuan Branch — One of the two dominant branches; sought to control the Nine Divine Veins bearer through adoption, political influence, or marriage. 1
• Mo Branch — The other dominant branch; competed with the Xuan Branch for resources and influence. 1 24
• Qing Lineage — Qing Yanjing’s lineage. It was initially weakened by the Xuan and Mo Branches, briefly restored through Qing Yanjing’s return, then demoted to a criminal lineage after the branch conflict. 4 5 24

Favor-Granting Decree

Futu Yun dismantled the hereditary main-lineage system after the Xuan and Mo Branches were weakened. 24

• Main and branch lineage distinctions were abolished.
• Each Heavenly Sovereign became the founder of an independent lineage, including relatives who would previously have belonged to one family line.
• Clan status was redefined around cultivation and merit rather than blood proximity or surname.
• Outside experts who contributed to the clan could be treated as equal members.
• The division of the old branches prevented the Xuan and Mo factions from re-forming into a unified political bloc. 24

The reforms did not eliminate every practical difference between branches. Later narration notes that branches still differed in standing, while the punished Qing Lineage was required to shoulder obligations that other branches refused, including a proposed marriage alliance with Ji Xuan to repair relations with the Five Great Academies. 39

Guest Elders and Expedition Forces

The Meridian Refining Loan program attracted powerful outside cultivators, while the Pagoda Expedition Group obtained resources through campaigns in Lower Planes. Its strength was sufficient to threaten ordinary Heavenly Sovereign-led families independently of the clan’s full military apparatus. 5 47 48

Rapid recruitment also created internal problems. Some guest elders formed entrenched factions that became difficult to control. Futu Yun deliberately used the first war against the Tai Ling Ancient Clan to eliminate these groups before personally intervening to secure victory. 55 56

The expedition forces’ anti-demon achievements produced several Demon-Slaying Kings. The Great Thousand Palace resisted granting full authority to every new titleholder because their concentration within the Pagoda Ancient Clan threatened to give it disproportionate influence over the palace. 85

Institutions and Resources

Spirit Vein Hall

The Spirit Vein Hall houses the Spirit Vein Stele, a dark-crimson monument that detects the Spiritual Veins of every Pagoda bloodline newborn. Its light intensity reveals the grade of a member’s veins. 1

The stele’s reaction to Futu Yun’s Nine Divine Veins produced a pillar of light that pierced the hall roof and alarmed the entire clan. Nine Divine Veins had appeared only a handful of times in clan history, exceeding even Qing Yanjing’s Eight Divine Veins. 1

Ancestral Pagoda

The Ancestral Pagoda is the clan’s sacred artifact and greatest inherited weapon.

• It is a Saint-grade Peerless Sacred Artifact strengthened by the spiritual power left behind by deceased Grand Elders. 51 52
• Its full power can suppress or kill even Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereigns; it previously slew at least three Heavenly Demon Emperors during the ancient war against the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan. 51
• It is the origin of the Pagoda Towers cultivated by clan members. 23
• Futu Xuan used the Pagoda Ancient Seal and the pagoda’s power to imprison Qing Yanjing after her destruction of the Holy Spiritual Academy and the forces of the Xuan and Mo Branches. 23
• Futu Yun later absorbed its Ancestral Qi, received its recognition, and gained complete control over it. 52
• Heavenly Sovereign clan members are ordinarily qualified to enter it and absorb Ancestral Qi to strengthen their own Pagoda Towers. Futu Yun instead used the qi to temper his body because he had not condensed a personal tower. 51 52
• The lingering consciousnesses of successive ancestors produced a trace of awareness within the artifact. Its recognition of Futu Yun reflected its judgment that he could independently protect and strengthen the clan. 52
• Futu Yun deployed it outside the clan during the confrontation over the Luo God Clan, overwhelming the Western Heaven War Emperor’s pressure. He subsequently used it to refine the War Emperor, a fact initially concealed even from the clan’s other Saint-grade combatants. 79 80 92

Endless Light Body

The Endless Light Body is a primordial Celestial Body guarded by the clan and one of the five Primordial Dharma Bodies. Futu Yun’s resonance with it was the reason he was named young clan chief despite his lack of Spiritual Veins at birth. 2 6

Futu Yun later declared his intention to abandon it in favor of the Great Solar Undying Body, believing the latter could lead toward the Myriad Ancient Immortal Body. Futu Xuan ultimately allowed the decision because of Futu Yun’s accomplishments and importance to the clan. 71

Its recognition also superseded an older succession rule promising the next clan-chief position to whoever recovered the lost Eight-Part Pagoda. The clan considered recognition by a Primordial Dharma Body more important than recovering even a Peerless Divine Ability. 85

Cultivation Programs

• Light Meridian Refining Method — Futu Yun’s modified form of the Nine Revolutions Saint Art. It can elevate Earth-grade Spirit Veins to Heaven-grade, bring Heaven-grade veins closer to Divine Veins, and improve the advancement prospects of Earthly and Heavenly Sovereigns. Its full form relies on the Endless Light Body; unauthorized cultivation causes fatal deviation. 4
• Meridian Refining Loan — A recruitment and cultivation system under which members receive resources in exchange for completing tasks and serving the clan. It allows cultivators without Divine Veins to improve their potential while binding them to the clan. 5
• Earth Spirit Liquid — A refined resource made using Earthly Power and Plane Spirit Origins from multiple Lower Planes. It can directly assist an Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection in attempting a Heavenly Sovereign breakthrough. Futu Yun sold limited batches through a high-level clan trading fair to acquire Sacred Artifacts and strategic materials. 48
• Surplus Resource Exchange — By the trade fair, qualified Earthly Sovereigns within the clan had already received Earth Spirit Liquid. Selling the surplus acquired accumulated treasures from other superpowers and helped equip the clan’s enlarged Heavenly Sovereign population. 48
• Spirit God Liquid Bounties — Futu Yun refined Spirit God Liquid from Earthly Sovereign remains and used it, together with Demon-Slaying Points, to reward attacks on the Tai Ling and Maha Ancient Clans. Exchanging liquid for additional remains allowed him to continue production. 92
• Great Thousand Creation Liquid Trade — Futu Yun’s internal world produced Great Thousand Creation Liquid from its inhabitants’ collective consciousness. His agreement to supply half to the Flame Emperor enabled the production of pills for Heavenly Sovereigns before the Great Thousand Covenant and attracted offers of rare artifacts, Divine Abilities, and Saint-grade remains. 106

Great Pagoda Art

The Great Pagoda Art is a bloodline-linked cultivation art divided into foundation building, form condensation, and Pagoda Transformation. Orthodox-bloodline cultivators can condense a Pagoda Tower, while especially pure bloodlines can produce a Sacred Futu Pagoda with sealing power. 101

Its Yin Scroll can be cultivated without Pagoda blood and serves as the supporting half of the art, whereas the Yang Scroll requires the clan’s bloodline. A fully manifested Pagoda Tower therefore provides recognizable evidence of Pagoda ancestry. 110

Despite becoming clan leader and controlling the Ancestral Pagoda, Futu Yun initially lacked a personal Pagoda Tower. He later used the Ancestral Pagoda as a guide to refine the Eternal Pagoda into his own tower and Peerless Sacred Artifact instead of following the ordinary bloodline-condensation route. 101 114

Eight-Part Pagoda

The Eight-Part Pagoda is one of the Thirty-Six Peerless Divine Abilities and one of the clan’s highest ancestral arts. Its creator, Ancestor Futu, fell in the Ancient Saint Abyss, taking its inheritance with him. Recovering it became a longstanding clan objective and was once a formal route to the clan-chief position. 85 88

• Its core consists of eight Futu Beads, created by refining Demon Emperors into guardians while erasing their consciousnesses and preserving their power. In practice, it functions as an unusual inherited Peerless Sacred Artifact rather than an ability mastered solely through comprehension. 88 114
• A Sacred Futu Pagoda is normally required to suppress the beads’ ferocious aura and protect the user from mental corruption. 91 114
• Lin Jing entered Ancestor Futu’s inheritance with the intention of returning the art to the clan for Futu Yun. The beads later came into Futu Yun’s possession. 91 114
• Futu Yun used his Eternal Pagoda to refine the beads again, establishing complete mutual resonance among all eight. Combined with the Eternal Pagoda, they formed a nine-piece Saint-grade Peerless Sacred Artifact set with multiple amplification effects and the ability to create an enclosed realm within the pagoda. 115

Tai Ling Sacred Body

The Tai Ling Sacred Body is the Tai Ling Ancient Clan’s Primordial Dharma Body, noted for its exceptionally abundant spiritual energy. Following the later war, Futu Yun compelled the Tai Ling Ancient Clan to send it to the Pagoda Ancient Clan under the terms of a dowry agreement associated with Luo Li’s installation as holy maiden. 95 121

Pagoda Ledger

By the postwar era, the Pagoda Ancient Clan controlled the Pagoda Ledger and restricted eligibility for entering it. Applicants needed a clear connection to a clan member, making affiliation with the clan a condition for access to the advancement it offered. 126

• Futu Yun’s wives Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan could, with his approval, additionally take the surname Futu for the ledger’s purposes. 126
• Upon reaching the Later Phase of the Saint Grade, eligible individuals could enter the ledger and become Half-Step Rulers. A further advance permitted them to leave their own given-name character. 126
• The ledger could recognize Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan as Futu Luo and Futu Wen even if they continued using their established names in ordinary life. 126

History

Nine Divine Veins Crisis

The Spirit Vein Stele’s detection of Nine Divine Veins created an internal scramble among the Xuan and Mo Branches, whose elders immediately considered adoption and marriage arrangements to bring the bearer under their control. Futu Xuan forbade interference and ordered a clan-wide search. 1

The crisis ended when Futu Yun returned from the Spirit Road. The nine ancient patterns appearing across his body identified him as the Nine Divine Veins bearer, combining the clan’s highest bloodline potential with his pre-existing recognition by the Endless Light Body. 1 2

Qing Yanjing and the Branch Conflict

Qing Yanjing’s relationship with the clan was shaped by her past departure from an arranged marriage and her protection of Mu Chen, whose mixed heritage the clan refused to recognize. Futu Yun released her from confinement under the public pretext that she was his spiritual-array instructor, then returned her to lead the Qing Lineage while limiting her influence to preserve internal balance. 5 9

The Xuan and Mo Branches later attempted to use Mu Chen as leverage against Qing Yanjing. Qing Yanjing retaliated by destroying the Holy Spiritual Academy, the forces supporting it, and the participating members of both branches, including their branch heads and numerous Heavenly Sovereigns. 23

Futu Xuan ultimately used the Ancestral Pagoda to contain Qing Yanjing. In the aftermath, the Qing Lineage was designated a criminal lineage and the old three-lineage structure was dismantled through Futu Yun’s Favor-Granting Decree. 23 24

Qing Yanjing sent Mu Chen away through chaotic spatial currents during the conflict. After suppressing her, Futu Xuan expressly forbade clan members from attacking Mu Chen again. 23

The Qing Lineage’s punishment also affected its other members. Qing Xuan and Qing Shuang were reduced to servants assigned to Futu Yun, while Qingling was assigned a marriage alliance with Ji Xuan as part of the clan’s effort to repair relations with the Five Great Academies. 32 39

Expansion and External Wars

The clan began expanding into Sky Law Continent as its new recruits and resources increased its military capacity. Its campaign was initially opposed by local powers and externally supported factions, including forces connected to the Maha Ancient Clan. 9 71

Futu Yun’s conquest of Lower Planes supplied the clan with resources, powerful spirit-beast remains, and Plane Spirit Origins. These assets supported the Earth Spirit Liquid trade, equipped the clan’s growing Heavenly Sovereign population, and strengthened its wider network of exchanges. 45 48

A dispute over Mu Chen escalated into open conflict with the Tai Ling Ancient Clan. Futu Yun used the war to purge unruly guest elders and internal factions, then killed Tai Ling’s first-sequence prospective saintess Bai Xin’er with a five-seal Spiritual Formation. The clan subsequently extracted mines, territory, and continental concessions from the defeated Tai Ling side. 55 56

After Futu Yun captured the Ancient Heavenly Palace, the clan claimed Sky Law Continent as its rightful jurisdiction. Local Heavenly Sovereigns withdrew, while many subordinate factions accepted Pagoda rule as a more secure political alignment. 71

Venerable Purple Thunder and the other defeated Heavenly Sovereigns were allowed to depart with the forces they personally led, but Futu Yun forbade them from relocating other local factions. Those remaining powers were placed under the Pagoda Ancient Clan. 71

The expansion influenced other diplomatic decisions. Futu Xuan interpreted Futu Yun’s preservation of his engagement to Wen Qingxuan as a means of avoiding simultaneous conflict with the Wen Family, the Five Great Academies, and the Western Heaven War Temple while the Sky Law campaign remained unsettled. 41

Luo God Clan and Western Heavens Intervention

The clan initially declined direct military intervention for the Luo God Clan, prioritizing its territorial expansion and avoiding confrontation with the Western Heaven War Emperor. Nevertheless, Futu Yun supplied resources through Pagoda connections that helped Luo Li develop rapidly and stabilized her clan. Luo Tianshen acknowledged that support while resenting the refusal to send immediate military aid. 75

Futu Yun later brought the Ancestral Pagoda to the confrontation over the Luo God Clan. Its appearance overwhelmed the War Emperor’s pressure and prompted him to offer the Western Heavens Continent in an attempt to survive. Futu Yun subsequently used the artifact to refine him. 79 80 92

War Against the Tai Ling and Maha Ancient Clans

After the Ancient Saint Abyss expedition, the Tai Ling Ancient Clan learned that Luo Li had inherited its ancestor’s legacy. It joined the Maha Ancient Clan in pressuring the Pagoda Ancient Clan, while the Maha side also sought to obstruct Futu Yun because his Great Solar Undying Body placed him on the path toward the Myriad Ancient Immortal Body. 92

Futu Yun responded by placing bounties on both clans’ Heavenly Sovereigns, paying in Demon-Slaying Points and Spirit God Liquid. Pagoda experts and outside bounty hunters attacked their external holdings until almost all their forces outside their headquarters had been uprooted. The campaign also inflicted substantial Pagoda casualties, while fewer than one in ten outside bounty hunters survived the opposing clans’ counterattacks. 92 94

The scale of the conflict initially drew criticism of Futu Yun for launching a world-spanning war over personal grievances. That criticism disappeared after his ambush killed three Heavenly Demon Emperors and his hidden spatial passage enabled Great Thousand World forces to bombard the Demon Realm. 95

The Tai Ling Ancient Clan eventually accepted a settlement. Luo Li became its holy maiden, and the resulting marriage agreement transferred the Tai Ling Sacred Body and Spirit God Liquid as dowry resources. The settlement preserved the Tai Ling Ancient Clan’s position among the Five Great Ancient Clans while placing it within Futu Yun’s alliance network. 95 96

Destruction of the Maha and Black Heaven Ancient Clans

With the Tai Ling Ancient Clan withdrawn from the war, Futu Yun concentrated on the Maha Ancient Clan. Its attempt to negotiate through a Saint-grade envoy and three allied supreme powers failed: Futu Yun refused to meet the envoy, expelled him, and slaughtered the mediators and their forces. The Maha Ancient Clan then called in a favor from the Black Heaven Ancient Clan and formed an alliance for a fight to the death. 96

While Futu Yun confronted the Maha Ancient Clan, the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s main forces secretly attacked the Black Heaven Ancient Clan’s headquarters. They breached it before its ancestral protection array could be activated, killed its members, and seized its accumulated wealth. Futu Xuan and the Western Heaven War Emperor fought its Saint-grade experts Black Heaven and Black Earth, both of whom fell. 104

At the Maha battlefield, Futu Yun’s Eternal Pagoda suppressed the Maha Yin-Yang Bottle, removing the principal artifact that might have resisted his Myriad Ancient True Seal Ball. He overpowered the clan’s three Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereigns and destroyed the Maha Ancient Clan. 103 104

The Tai Ling Ancient Clan accompanied the attack on the Black Heaven Ancient Clan and received a share of the spoils, although the Pagoda Ancient Clan performed the decisive fighting. News of both clans’ destruction terrified their former associates, who prepared for possible reprisals. 104

Northern Wilderness Hill and Mu Chen’s Return

Futu Yun’s acquisition of the Tomb Keeper Clan’s allegiance further increased Pagoda influence before the battle at Northern Wilderness Hill. The clan’s elders then faced a scandal when Mu Chen appeared with Evil Spirit Clan power and a bloodline-derived Demon Pagoda, despite the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s longstanding claims of strict bloodline control. 110 111

Futu Yun led the Heavenly Sovereigns against the invaders and killed the Evil Spirit Clan chief Jiang Ya with a single punch. Qing Yanjing attempted to stop Mu Chen personally, but he attacked her and left her gravely wounded within a mountain. 111

Postwar Succession

During Futu Yun’s prolonged rebirth within his internal world, the final war ended and Futu Xi rose to lead the clan and guard the Great Thousand World. He used World Power to purify lands formerly occupied by the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan, while the Pagoda Ancient Clan consolidated control over the Pagoda Ledger. 126

Qing Yanjing’s strength by this period surpassed that of Futu Xuan and Mandala, placing her below only Futu Yun and Futu Xi within the clan. Her status as a former divine maiden and the direct-line bloodline inherited by Futu Xi also supported his position. 126

On returning, Futu Yun defeated Futu Xi despite both having reached the Ruler realm, reasserting his personal authority. He subsequently departed for the Tianyuan World to confront Zhou Yuan over the origins of the Heavenly Evil God. 126

Relationships

• Futu Yun — Young clan chief, chief reformer, and architect of the clan’s cultivation programs, military expansion, and reorganization. He later gained recognition from the Ancestral Pagoda, formally became clan chief, and led the destruction of the Maha Ancient Clan. After reviving in the postwar era, he defeated his successor Futu Xi. 2 24 52 103 121 126
• Futu Xuan — Grand Elder and highest authority during the vacant clan-chief era. He protected Futu Yun’s rise, restrained the branches, and later permitted Yun’s access to the Ancestral Pagoda and Ancestral Qi. He participated in the Black Heaven campaign and remains referenced among the clan’s leading experts in the postwar era. 1 52 104 126
• Qing Yanjing — Former clan goddess of the Qing Lineage and a Saint-grade Spiritual Array Grandmaster. Her conflict with the clan over Mu Chen culminated in her imprisonment within the Ancestral Pagoda. She later became the mother of Futu Yun’s son Futu Xi and, by the postwar era, surpassed Futu Xuan and Mandala in strength. 23 126
• Futu Xi — Son of Futu Yun and Qing Yanjing, postwar clan leader, and guardian deity of the Great Thousand World. He reached the Ruler realm and purified formerly occupied lands with World Power, but lost his challenge against the revived Futu Yun. 126
• Mandala — Futu Yun’s subordinate, Saint-grade combatant, and Demon-Slaying King. Unlike the other newly recognized female Demon-Slaying Kings, she received actual authority to command Great Thousand Palace experts. 6 85 92
• Xuan Branch — Former dominant lineage that sought political control over Futu Yun and later tried to use Mu Chen against Qing Yanjing; its branch head was killed in Qing Yanjing’s retaliation. 1 23
• Mo Branch — Former dominant lineage and rival of the Xuan Branch; it also suffered severe losses in Qing Yanjing’s retaliation before the lineage system was abolished. 1 23 24
• Maha Ancient Clan — Principal ancient-clan rival. Their conflict is tied to the failed Qing Yanjing–Maha Tian marriage arrangement, the struggle over Sky Law Continent, and Futu Yun’s interest in the Myriad Ancient Immortal Body. It later lost its foremost position to the Pagoda Ancient Clan and was annihilated by Futu Yun. 71 99 103 104
• Tai Ling Ancient Clan — Rival ancient clan drawn into war over Mu Chen and Yun Ye’er’s challenge; its defeat enabled Pagoda territorial and economic gains. After a second conflict, it accepted Luo Li as holy maiden, surrendered the Tai Ling Sacred Body through a dowry agreement, and joined the Pagoda side in the Black Heaven campaign. 55 56 95 104
• Black Heaven Ancient Clan — Allied with the Maha Ancient Clan against the Pagoda Ancient Clan. Its headquarters and membership were destroyed in a surprise Pagoda-led campaign, and its wealth was plundered. 96 104
• Ancient Heavenly Palace — Captured by Futu Yun and used as the basis for the clan’s claim to be Sky Law Continent’s legitimate authority. 71
• Luo God Clan — Received cultivation resources through Futu Yun and the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s connections. Luo Li’s relationship with Futu Yun subsequently linked it to the Tai Ling settlement and the clan’s postwar ledger system. 75 95 126
• Great Thousand Palace — Recognized Futu Yun and several members of his expedition network as Demon-Slaying Kings, but restricted the authority attached to the later titles to prevent excessive Pagoda influence. 52 85
• Tomb Keeper Clan — Gave its allegiance to Futu Yun, further strengthening the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s standing before the Northern Wilderness Hill battle. 111
• Mu Chen — Qing Yanjing’s son and a central source of internal and external disputes. After escaping the clan’s pursuit and receiving Tai Ling protection, he eventually returned wielding Evil Spirit Clan power against the Great Thousand World. 23 53 55 110 111

Trivia

• Only the clan chief and Grand Elder were traditionally permitted to bear the surname Futu. Futu Yun’s young-clan-chief status was an early exception, and the postwar Pagoda Ledger system later allowed approved relatives and spouses to use the surname for ledger recognition. 1 2 126
• The clan’s historical priority on bloodline was undermined by Futu Yun’s reforms, which formally declared that merit—not ancestry—determined status. 24
• Chapter 72 narration states that Futu Xuan died and that Futu Yun lost his young clan chief status, though the circumstances and resulting succession are not detailed. Later chapters nevertheless depict Futu Xuan as alive and active, including in the Black Heaven campaign, and identify Futu Yun as clan leader and eventual clan chief. 72 92 104 121 126
• Sky Law Continent is also rendered as Tianluo Continent in accounts of the clan’s expansion and conquest. 41 71
• Futu Yun ruled the clan and wielded its Ancestral Pagoda before ever condensing a personal Pagoda Tower, eventually substituting the Eternal Pagoda for an ordinarily cultivated tower. 101 114
• The postwar Pagoda Ledger’s surname requirements turned recognized clan affiliation into a prerequisite for the Half-Step Ruler advancement it provided, despite the earlier reforms reducing the importance of hereditary branch distinctions. 24 126