For Chen Yu and the Chen Clan, the key was to seize the window of time.
Before the calamity descended, they had to break through obstacle after obstacle and rise into an unprecedented super family.
Achieving that goal would undoubtedly require many conditions to fall into place, along with wholehearted support from various powers.
Among those conditions, their own strength was naturally the key.
The Chen Clan's main family, retainer families, and branch lines formed their solid foundation, but those alone were far from enough.
Besides continually consolidating and expanding that foundation, the Chen Clan also needed to draw their two staunch allies, the Ximen Family and the Yang Family, tightly into their own system.
This was an inevitable strategic choice. After all, those families had long forged deep bonds with the Chen Clan, sharing both honor and disgrace.
However, getting those two families to willingly join and support the Chen Clan's strategy, then melding them further into a single whole, required careful thought and the right opportunity.
Put plainly, the Chen Clan intended to become the de facto leader of the Three Great Families.
Against this backdrop, having Xiao Yi acknowledge Yang Jingxue as her honorary grandmother was undoubtedly a brilliant move that Chen Yu had carefully planned.
It both gave Xiao Yi a distinguished status and cleverly drew the Yang Family closer. Why would they not do it?
Moreover, in terms of Xiao Yi's personal development, learning the Myriad Fusion Art and the Five Spirits Turning Wheel Art would be of immeasurable help in increasing her future strength.
And that growth would ultimately feed back into powerful support for the Chen Clan.
But honestly, Zhu Wuneng's display of the Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light had actually prompted the Yang Family to approach them for help, leaving them owing