The complexity of the power dynamics within Dongyue was far more severe than he had imagined.
The entire term "Dongyue" was equivalent to the Central Plains or the Southern Border, referring to a large region rather than a single country or family. The local cultivators in this area, those with Demon Race bloodlines, were collectively termed as the East Sea Clan.
Unlike the divided and scattered forces of the Central Plains, Dongyue remained in a completely unified state for a long time, governed by a royal lineage. The suppression based on bloodline within Dongyue was extremely severe; those with imperial blood could easily control those with inferior bloodlines.
It was an innate bloodline suppression, an unavoidable bloodline dominance. Just like before, no matter how Lu Luo provoked him, Jin Shan, the demon monk, was nearly driven mad, but he gritted his teeth and endured.
