Star Luo City, the Nether Duke's Mansion.
Ten thousand years ago, the Nether lineage had already been inferior to the White Tiger lineage. Even after Zhu Zhuqing became a god, this had not changed.
With the decline of the White Tiger Dynasty over four thousand years ago, the Nether lineage had fallen into a slump from which it never recovered.
Although the Netherworld Zhu Family still bore the title of duke, its actual influence fell short of even that of some marquises.
All of this was inseparable from the Star Crown Xu Family's covert suppression.
The White Tiger lineage enjoyed considerable popular support in the Star Luo Empire and could not be easily targeted.
The Netherworld Zhu Family, however, had not been so fortunate.
For over four thousand years, the Xu Family had used every means available to weaken the Zhu Family's power, all to restrict the Martial Soul Fusion Skill they shared with the White Tiger Family.
In the early years, neither the White Tiger Dai Family nor the Netherworld Zhu Family had noticed anything unusual about the Xu Family's methods, attributing it all to the Zhu Family's poor management.
Faced with this situation, the White Tiger Dai Family had wanted to help, but political enemies would always spring out and accuse them of attempting to restore the dynasty.
To avoid suspicion, the White Tiger Family could only reduce its dealings with the Zhu Family, even promising that only one Hell White Tiger would appear in each generation.
Only after making that promise did the White Tiger Family and the Netherworld Family realize that the Xu Family had been fanning the flames behind it all.
But by the time they came to their senses, it was already too late. The Zhu Family's decline had become irreversible.
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