At these words, everyone felt a jolt in their hearts.

Was the Old Ancestor scolding himself? Clearly, he was reprimanding the entire Ji clan.

For a moment, everyone harbored intense dissatisfaction towards that Wang Shouzhe.

What virtues and abilities does this Wang have? What qualifications and capabilities does he have to evaluate the Old Ancestor? Does he have the right to say such things?

Some hot-tempered individuals were immediately filled with righteous indignation and started cursing Wang Shouzhe on the spot, vowing to confront him about this matter!

"Enough!" Ji Taichang shouted coldly, "Although Wang Shouzhe’s words were somewhat arrogant, it’s not like they were baseless. Blame can only be placed on me for being too lenient with the family and failing to properly cultivate excellent descendants."

When the noise in the council hall subsided, Ji Taichang finally began to speak on the main subject: "Our Ji family and the Xuanyuan family were originally one family with two surnames, both possessing the excellent bloodline of the Old Ancestor. I, Ji Taichang, do not believe that our outstanding bloodline would be inferior to a small clan in a remote area."

"From today onwards, I will reorganize the family and establish rules for nurturing descendants. In addition, I also want to select the next Divine King successor."

"What the Old Ancestor said is right. Our Ji family indeed needs a thorough reorganization." Ji Guanchao saw that the Old Ancestor had finally stopped being angry and was speaking on important matters, so he immediately stepped forward to agree, "Moreover, the next Divine King successor should indeed be decided soon, otherwise, the family will be in turmoil. Old Ancestor, you might as well select one first to stabilize the clan’s morale."

Now that Ji Kunlun, who was a promising candidate for the Divine King succession, is gone, we should focus on cultivating the other few.

Ji Guanchao had already thought about this issue for a long time, and now he was not surprised to hear the Old Ancestor mention it and naturally suggested it based on his words.

Ji Taichang glanced at him coldly upon hearing this.

Was that what I meant?

As for the few prospective successors in the family today, they might not even match Ji Kunlun.

Having spent long periods on the battlefield, he was indeed not very familiar with the younger generation in the clan, but he was not oblivious to those who were being focused on for cultivation as candidate successors. Usually, someone would gather and summarize their information to present to him for his subsequent judgment and reference.

Does he not know the general standard of these candidate successors?

It is precisely because he knows that it pains him.

In the grand Divine King Mansion of the Ji clan, are the successors really not as good as those of the Ancient Saint clan Ying? How can he not be grieved?

Setting aside Ying Lingzhu, who was noticed and accepted as a disciple by Taoist Master Taichu at such a young age, and is outstanding to the point of being astonishingly talented, even the direct line Young Clan Leader Ying Yu’an has been impressive lately.

Over the years, following Wang Yingxuan and Wang Licui, he has accumulated many merits, having followed them deep into enemy territory, participating in gigantic meritorious deeds.

The merits and achievements he has accomplished at a young age have long surpassed all of Ji’s younger generation.

If he hadn’t seen these young people, he might still consider his own a barely passable sight, but now that he has witnessed them, seeing his own disappointing lot naturally makes nothing seem pleasing.

Ji Guanchao, however, had not yet grasped Ji Taichang’s intention and ordered a few of the selected young people from the family to come in to pay their respects to Ji Taichang.

Among those young people were three men and one woman, all handsome and beautiful, with extraordinary temperament, and their bloodline talent was also quite good. Although slightly inferior compared to Ying Lingzhu, they were among the most outstanding in the entire Divine Dynasty.

However, Ji Taichang merely glanced at them and lost interest.

With the cautionary tale of Ji Kunlun, he now sees them all as replicates of Ji Kunlun, afraid that one day they might rise up and stab him, the Old Ancestor, in the back and hold him back!

He now somewhat doubts Ji Guanchao’s capability in managing the family and similarly, doubts his judgment in selecting people.

He is even beginning to suspect that the information collected and aggregated by the family that is presented to him is questionable, and who knows how much of it is factual.

"Enough, I have a plan for this matter." Ji Taichang waved his hand impatiently and ordered someone to bring over a large stack of test papers, "These are test papers I obtained from His Majesty, which can assess a person’s [intelligence] and [nature]. Anyone within the Divine King Mansion’s clan who meets the qualifications must take the test."

Everyone exchanged looks, and after a long while, someone asked, "Old Ancestor, what conditions must be met?"

Ji Taichang replied, "Divine Power Territory requires that after inheriting the Immortal Scripture, theoretical talent must reach the Son of Heaven Grade B. Purple Abode Realm requires that after inheriting the Codex, theoretical talent must reach the Son of Heaven Grade D. Heavenly Human Realm requires talent to reach Innate Peerless Grade B or be born with a Four-level Spirit Body of Innate Peerless!"

These people, placed in some ordinary Sacred Races, could already be cultivated as core offspring.

However, the vast number of descendants in the Divine King Mansion, along with its immense resources, consider this level only extremely excellent.

Occasionally, a person of this caliber appears even in the remote direct line or collateral bloodlines, but without a Sacred Supreme as their support, they might not get significant resource advantages.

The Divine King Mansion indeed has abundant wealth, but with many mouths to feed, the internal competition pressure is also extremely high.