Royal techniques were generally considered stronger than normal techniques.
The reason for that was simple.
Who made the normal techniques, and who made the royal techniques?
Usually, normal techniques were made by strong Fighters or Grandmasters, while royal techniques were made by the King himself.
The King was a very powerful Transcendent.
A Transcendent's mind was much more powerful than the mind of someone in the Third Realm, and they also had the advantage of having experience in all four Aspects of Power.
Someone like that could create far better techniques.
Technically, there was a way of gaining access to royal techniques without being part of a powerful family or joining the kingdom.
Skysand Contribution Points.
And how did one get those?
By killing people from the Winterfire Kingdom.
And how did one kill people from the Winterfire Kingdom?
They had to join the war.
