According to the Xia family’s traditions, if any of the family’s descendants were able to cause the saber to tremble, they would immediately assume the position of patriarch and would inherit everything that the Xia family had passed down. 

Aside from Shang Qing, who was truly invincible within his generation due to his Tri-Yang Technique, the next most outstanding person was Xia Jiuyou with the Nine Clones Technique. He was the only person from the Xia family who had successfully cultivated this technique throughout the entire history of the Xia family. 

Progenitor Chen had been acknowledged as being peerless in the universe with his nine clones. Thus, the Xia family treated Xia Jiuyou, who had also cultivated the Nine Clones Technique, as Progenitor Chen’s inheritor. 

The Xia patriarch, Xia Yi, peacefully looked at the sky, toward the direction of the Honor Zone. “Even as the family patriarch, I still don’t know how you managed to cultivate the Nine Clones Technique. Only our family’s Elder Meng knows how, and it was no wonder why Elder Meng insisted on accompanying you for this trip to the Mountain and Seas Zone. She was worried that something might happen to you.” 

Xia Jiuyou looked over at Xia Yi, who had an indifferent expression. He was not the patriarch’s only child. Xia Yi had more than ten sons, which essentially meant that there were more than ten people in the line of succession. Xia Jiuyou’s abilities,...