With all ten Weird Ancestors in place, the Ten Weird Emperors beneath them could not absorb the purest Primordial Matter to advance to Ancestor.
But a Sacrificial Dao powerhouse from outside the Weird Race, or an Immortal Emperor at Shi Hao's level, could absorb such Primordial Matter and become the Eleventh Emperor, the eleventh Weird Ancestor!
The ten-person limit on each of these two ranks applied only to lower-ranked Weird Living Beings, preventing them from advancing when all ten Emperor and Ancestor positions were filled.
It restricted those within, not those without.
The rules governing all things could hardly stop outsiders from joining the Weird Race.
If Ye Fan and the other five joined them, the Weird Race would immediately have eleven Emperors and eleven Ancestors.
Of course, if an outsider became a Weird Immortal Emperor and filled one of the ten Emperor positions, that position would be taken. No Weird Living Being below Immortal Emperor could then advance into it.
The current Ten Great Ancestors had once been no more than Immortal Emperors. They had advanced to Sacrificial Dao through Primordial Matter. Shi Hao was no weaker than they had been, so he could naturally do the same.
But if Shi Hao first became a Weird Immortal Emperor, he could no longer advance.
The purest Primordial Matter was at Sacrificial Dao Level. The next grade down was at Immortal Emperor level.
As for Weird Substance below Immortal Emperor level, it could not be called primordial at all.
During the final battle of the Original Sacred Ruins Era, before Shi Hao and Ye Fan had killed any Weird Ancestors, the Ancestors had tried to recruit them.
They had promised them Primordial Matter so they, too, could become Weird Ancestors.
If the number of Ancestors had been fixed, there would have