Chapter 30 The Source of Bloodline
Chapter 30 The Source of Bloodline
The Yulan Continent has a long history, and many noble families have been lost to time. However, families that have been able to retain their noble status for a long time often have had Saint-level powerhouses behind them.
Just like the offspring of a divine beast and a non-divine beast, they will most likely only reach the Saint Realm level, unless they are extremely rare cases of reversion to their ancestral form, in which case they can become divine beasts.
The same applies to humans. They may seem to have no bloodline, but in reality, bloodline is a person's inherent qualities.
A commoner level nine warrior must have had a ancestor who was a Saint-level expert, but it is difficult to determine who that ancestor was.
After all, a person has a father and a mother, and each parent has their own parents. It's like a series of nets, and even years later, an ordinary person might have the blood of Talos.
Other commoner descendants may have the opportunity to revert to their ancestral form and become level seven, eight, or even level nine powerhouses. In particular, level nine powerhouses may have the opportunity to cross that threshold and achieve the Saint Realm.
However, Saint-level experts often wouldn't do something like bringing a withered tree back to life, unless it's a young prodigy. Otherwise, the bloodline of many families originates from the time when a level nine expert entered the Saint-level realm. After all, how could a child born there improve their aptitude after their father and mother entered the Saint-level realm?
That's why powerful figures in the Saint Realm create their own forces, often initially just to elevate their families.
After all, the stronger the power, the easier it is to acquire good resources for future generations.
Karl had also envied others, after all, his bloodline source had been strictly limited since the day he obtained the system.
One's own descendants are the source of one's bloodline; at most, one's ancestry is at most that of one's mother.
This resulted in Karl's own talent being only at level six. Of his four sons, only the eldest, Lin Talos, was willing to relinquish power and diligently cultivated his skills. As for the other three sons, their lack of talent meant they had long been buried by time.
Among Carl's descendants, apart from the eldest son, only the second son's son, Colin, was considered quite good. He was a diligent and promising student with decent aptitude.
As for the great-grandchildren, Karl had already started systematic cultivation at that time. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for a level 7 warrior to emerge among his great-grandchildren. Without the lifespan granted by level 7 warriors, Karl's bloodline from previous generations would probably have been buried in the past. In that case, Karl probably wouldn't have cared so much about his family as he does now.
After all, just to advance to the third-level family level, they need a hundred ninth-level experts, and the Saint-level level requires five.
According to Karl's estimate, at least two hundred level nine aptitude enhancement talismans and ten holy domain enhancement cards should be provided to the family.
The same resources will bring greater benefits to the territory because Karl has more people to choose from, and he can often choose the best among them.
For example, among Karl's current disciples, apart from his first disciple Ogrev and sixth disciple Linghorei, who were directly chosen when they were at level seven, the remaining five were all taken in by Karl after they had reached level nine warrior.
However, the situation is different for the family members. The Talos family now has more than a dozen level nine warriors, but only his eldest son and Colin can be granted the Saint-level upgrade card by Karl.
As for the three who were once highly regarded, Lei Luo, Li Ya, and Lina, their cultivation began to slacken after reaching the early stage of level nine. With Karl's support, they should have been able to cultivate to at least the mid-stage of level nine.
In order not to waste their points, since the Sanctuary Upgrade Card is really expensive, especially since Karl's points are consumed like water while income is very slow, the candidates who can obtain the Sanctuary Upgrade Card are carefully selected.
Level 9, mid-stage – this is Karl's minimum standard for support; otherwise, even if the qualifications are improved, such a huge investment could go down the drain.
After all, once your aptitude is improved, it can provide a boost to your cultivation speed all day long. If you still can't reach the theoretical upper limit under these circumstances, then even if your aptitude is improved to the Saint Realm level, you will most likely be stuck at the peak of level nine or even the late stage of level nine and there will be no further progress.
"It's true what they say, you start farming when you get old. While others tend to grow flowers and plants, I've gone and started raising people."
Looking at the family genealogy, two more generations have been added in the past fifty years. Now, the Talos family has been passed down for fourteen generations.
Fourteen generations is actually quite a lot for a family in the Saint Realm, considering that Saint Realm members have long lifespans and their descendants often intermarry to strengthen the bloodline of both sides.
However, it is clear that Karl, a Saint-level being, has more than a dozen descendants who are level nine warriors, but nowadays they can only marry into some minor noble families. Obviously, in the eyes of those major noble families, unless the Talos family produces a second Saint-level being, it is not worth the investment unless they marry into the bloodline of previous generations.
After all, once Karl achieved the Saintly Realm, his history was probably thoroughly investigated. He struggled as a Level 6 Warrior until he was a hundred years old, and his strength only increased much faster after he turned one hundred. He is a typical example of a late bloomer.
As for Karl's clansmen, only a few of his closer relatives were similar to Karl. These people were actually the result of Karl's resource support, but most of them were still ordinary. After all, Karl was only in his twenties when he had children, and even his youngest child was not yet forty years old at that time.
"A cycad blooming?"
Karl felt a chill run down his spine for no apparent reason.
Even though Karl believed that if he were willing to remarry, many nobles would offer him their finest women, beauty could no longer corrupt his heart. After hundreds of years of cultivation, beauty was nothing more than a roadside encounter.
After all, given the choice between having a multitude of beautiful women and longevity, any normal person would know which to choose.
Perhaps it is precisely because Karl had this idea that he found it difficult to understand those who only started getting married hundreds of years later. After all, with the passage of time, they had seen more, their standards had risen, and they could now see clearly what they used to be obsessed with.
"Perhaps it's time to go there."
Karl's gaze fell to the east, to the territories of the O'Brien Empire and the Yulan Empire, where a treasure trove of cultivation lay.
No one could believe that in fifty years, a kid who had just entered the Saint Realm by chance could possess strength comparable to the limit of the Saint Realm. And with Karl's current strength, he was confident that he could easily withstand the attack of the spatial turbulence that had been accumulating for who knows how long.
Karl will not forget that the family and the territory are ultimately for his own growth.
From the Holy Realm to the God Realm, Karl believed in himself.
"Even without the aid of cultivation, I still have the ability to stand at the pinnacle of godhood."
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