Dan set the minimum lifespan within the Walt family at two thousand years, a figure that could be reached by every member of the family who awakened the new enhanced Kekkei Genkai.
With the application of the first three Vitality Seals available to every member of the family without exception, which respectively target the bones, muscles, and internal organs, this figure would rise to three thousand five hundred years, which was an extremely long lifespan.
Of course, after undergoing training in the inner world, this lifespan would increase far beyond what the seals alone could achieve, especially if the individual managed to reach the rank of King and establish sovereignty over their own Path, or if they surpassed that level and reached the rank of old king, which granted its owner an almost truly unlimited lifespan.
However, Dan knew that not every member of the Walt family would be capable of reaching the rank of old king, or even the lower rank of King. This was an extremely difficult achievement, requiring a rare combination of innate talent, unwavering perseverance, and the ability to endure for tens of thousands of years without breaking.
Although all of his children and grandchildren who had undergone the experience so far had succeeded in reaching these high ranks, beginning with Sophia, who had opened the path, this repeated success did not mean that every member of the Walt family would be capable of achieving the same thing, especially in the generations after the fourth generation.
The farther a person born in a later generation was from Dan himself, the more their inherited innate talent would gradually diminish. Only rarely would individuals appear in these distant generations who possessed talent directly comparable to that of Dan's closer generations of children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, who had inherited a greater proportion of his characteristics directly, without them being diluted through further intermarriage and genetic distribution across multiple generations.
Exceptional genes would naturally become diluted with every new generation farther removed from him in the lineage, even with all the comprehensive modifications he had introduced. Not all of his characteristics were transferable, as some of what Dan possessed was the result of his own unique personal experiences.
In order to address this challenge and maintain a high level of quality and ability throughout every successive generation, Dan designed a new system to give every member of the Walt family an opportunity. The system covered everyone from the fifth generation through the latest generation, which had now reached the eighth generation in the family's lineage.
This system also included the Ayato family, which was considered a branch of the Walt family due to continuous intermarriage across the generations, to the point that the difference between it and the main Walt family had become almost nonexistent in practically every aspect except for the official surname used to outwardly distinguish the two branches. The members of the Ayato family possessed the same Kekkei Genkai and the same distinctive features.
The way this system worked was that Dan established a set of precise and strict conditions that had to be proven through carefully designed tests. Anyone capable of fulfilling these conditions within a specified period would be granted an opportunity known as an Advancement.
This Advancement allowed those who succeeded to fulfill a very important condition: the opportunity to discover their own Path and set foot upon it at an early stage, granting the recipient the ability to prove themselves worthy of becoming a King in the future, at the very least.
Anyone who successfully achieved this Advancement would receive a special title within the family, being called a Prince or Princess according to their gender, and would be granted a special status reflecting this achievement. The title was not merely honorary, but a practical testament to genuine merit that its holder had demonstrated according to Dan's strict standards.
Therefore, throughout the past years, although only a relatively small number compared to the total number of family members had managed to fulfill his conditions and obtain this opportunity for Advancement, many talented individuals from his descendants had emerged and earned the title of Prince or Princess through this new and rigorous system, despite their relative distance from him in the family lineage. This was precisely what he had hoped for: a genuine opportunity available to anyone who possessed true talent and sufficient determination.
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