Chapter 576: What is a devil?
Most members of the Ganning Sen Empire's royal house followed their ancestral teachings, placing great value on martial prowess regardless of gender.
The clearest illustration was this: although succession to the throne still depended on royal family members' overall abilities, the preferences of imperial ministers, and the favor of the emperor and empress, one ironclad rule remained.
Descendants of the Ironwood Family, the empire's royal house, had to become powerful Awakened before they were eligible to inherit the throne. If only one candidate in a generation was an Awakened, that person stood the greatest chance of inheriting, whether male or female.
A saying passed down within the Ironwood Family held that only a powerful body could command a powerful empire.
With access to many of the finest secret cultivation methods in the Ganning Sen Empire and even the world, ample resources that left them free of worries, determination, and talent they never lacked, every generation of the Ironwood Family was certain to produce Awakened. Sometimes, three or four heirs even competed for glory.
A powerful emperor brought advantages in every respect, whether in presence or otherwise. To name the simplest example, the emperor of the Ganning Sen Empire was unquestionably the hardest, or one of the hardest, royal rulers in any nation to assassinate.
Other nations might understand these benefits too, but while they occasionally produced an Awakened emperor, none could maintain that tradition as consistently as the Ironwood Family.
Thus, although the emperor of the Ganning Sen Empire was in his fifties, he was as powerfully built as a veteran battlefield commander in his prime.
Watching a Holy Spirit inscribe a Spell Formation Array was nothing unusual for Qin Xiaoxia. Instead, he was carefully studying this interesting imperial ruler, Emperor Bafumante.
He gave