When Shang Xia and Kou Chongxue had been discussing the situation regarding the You Continent and the Elysium True Immortal qualification for the Tongyou Institution, he understood that their candidate would most likely not come from any of the 4 great clans. Even experts closely related to them wouldn’t be chosen.0

It wasn’t just something Kou Chongxue decided on his own. Instead, it was something the higher-ups of the clans concluded.1

Actually, even though the 4 great clans might seem like they had Martial Dipper Realm experts at their helm, the difference in strength was getting too obvious. 2

If they ignored the Deputy Patriarchs of each clan, and Shang Xia, the biggest anomaly among them, the clans didn’t have a single expert whose cultivation reached the Martial Dipper Realm.1

However… Shang Jian, Shang Xia’s second uncle, was at the large completion stage of the Martial Extermination Realm and already possessed the qualifications to attempt a breakthrough into the Martial Dipper Realm.0

There was also Shang Xi, Shang Xia’s aunt, who completed the refinement of her extermination origins. She also possessed the qualifications to enter the Martial Dipper Realm.0

That was also before they...0