“What happened after that?” Jared asked.

“Later…”

Gwendolyn’s voice paused for a beat.

“A lot happened after that. Because of the pride rooted in celestial blood, they refused to engage in dual cultivation with bloodline adepts outside their own lineage. So over hundreds of thousands of years, their bloodlines grew weaker and weaker.”

The moment Jared heard that, he thought of royal families in the mundane world.

Wasn’t it the same thing?

They avoided marrying outsiders. The chances of close-kin unions increased. Over time, the bloodline began to deteriorate.