There was no such thing as a free lunch.
A windfall falling from the sky?
Once or twice was one thing, but the Ancestral God Cult could hardly be so generous as to keep handing out freebies across the universe.
The Ancestral God Cult had abundant resources. It did not bother asking anything of the weaker recipients of its inheritances, but experts who reached a certain level had to do something to repay it.
"Rest assured."
The Feicang Race Venerable smiled. "Our Ancestral God Cult can be called the freest organization of all. We do not compete for supremacy over the universe, nor do we need to fight for territory within it."
"We simply use this Ancestral God Secret Realm as our core land. The various dangers within it alone are enough to deter all the other powers."
"Even if you become Outer Members of the Ancestral God Cult, you will not feel constrained."
The Feicang Race Venerable shook his head with a smile. "Of course, you must first qualify to become Outer Members."
"Becoming an Outer Member is very difficult! You must receive the complete Divine Envoy Inheritance, the complete Divine General Inheritance, or the Beast God Inheritance all the way through the fifth layer!"
"Every one of those is extraordinarily difficult."
Yun He nodded as he listened.
The fifth layer of the Beast God Inheritance?
The fourth layer already corresponded to a Universe Venerable.
Wouldn't the fifth layer require at least a Universe Overlord?
The Ancestral God Cult claimed to be the universe's greatest power. It said it did not compete for territory, yet it was competing in another, far more sophisticated way.
For talent.
Even though the other major powers knew this perfectly well, they had to swallow their objections and accept it.
The law of "actually,