The emperors of the Great Zhao Nation were destined to cultivate to the Gold Core Realm unless they encountered some special catastrophe. One could generally deduce whether or not a person was capable of reaching the Gold Core Realm by observing if their age matched their cultivation level; however, the royal descendants presented by Zhang Dengkui all fell short; their cultivation levels were usually lower than what their ages would suggest.
Regarding this, Zhang Dengkui and the others felt helpless. The royal blood of Great Zhao did indeed possess abundant cultivation resources, but most of these resources were concentrated within the royal family. Other royal descendants, especially those with a distant blood relation to the reigning emperor, actually received very few cultivation resources. Without these resources, even those with exceptional talents would find it difficult to achieve great success.
