“Clan Elder, Elder Council, Clan Head…”
Sitting quietly and listening to his great-grandfather and grandfather’s conversation, Chen Yue couldn’t help but feel a sense of understanding: “This must be the power structure of the Uchiha Clan in this world!”
Though he was only four years old, he already had some thoughts about his future.
To change the fate of the Uchiha Clan, he must have immense power. This power must not only be individual but also organizational.
Look at the pitiful Uchiha Madara and Kaguya Otsutsuki. Though they possessed almost unmatched strength, they fought alone, without a stable power base, and ultimately, they were defeated by the combined forces of many.
Therefore, even if he were to have powerful strength in the future, he would not be able to fight alone. He would need a loyal and powerful team.
As a member of the Uchiha Clan, and a descendant of the upper echelons, there was no need to look further afield.
And to control the Uchiha Clan, besides having immense strength, understanding the internal power structure was also crucial.
From the conversation with his great-grandfather and grandfather, and his own observations, Chen Yue had discovered the most important system within the Uchiha Clan in this world – the Lineage System.
The Lineage System, a system not present in the original story, was found in the book, *The Development and Evolution of the Uchiha Lineage System* which he had read, and was explained to him by his grandmother, Uchiha Aya. He was no stranger to it now.
The Uchiha Clan is a clan with a kekkei genkai, and the power and status of its members are determined by the strength of their bloodline.
And the strength of their bloodline is determined by their ability to awaken the clan’s kekkei genkai.
So, the Uchiha Clan divided its members into two branches: Main Family and Branch Family, based on whether they awakened their Sharingan.
That’s right, in this world, the Uchiha Clan also has a Branch Family and Main Family system, only unlike the Hyuga Clan, the Branch Family members are not branded with the caged bird seal, or subjected to any other restrictions. Even the Main Family has no real privileges.
What, you say why those with the Sharingan are considered more important than those without?
Come on, it’s not because of privilege, it’s because they are naturally talented and extraordinary.
Uchiha Clan members, upon awakening their Sharingan, regardless of the number of tomoe, become a Main Family member, and will be cultivated by the clan.
The status of the Main Family does not extend to family members, including parents, spouses, and children, but it goes without saying that they will benefit from it.
And the Lineage is an enhanced version of the Main Family, requiring the possession of the Mangekyo Sharingan, a status higher than the Main Family, it is the true holder of the clan’s power.
However, there is a major difference in the continuation of the Lineage compared to the Main Family, it does not require descendants to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan, but only needs to awaken the Sharingan.
It may seem unfair, and it is indeed unfair, but this unfairness is achieved through the powerful strength of the Mangekyo Sharingan and the Uchiha Clan’s worship of this powerful strength.
The Uchiha Clan believes that descendants of the Mangekyo Sharingan will have stronger bloodlines, and the probability of awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan again will be higher.
And the facts have proven that the latter may be debatable, but the former is already certain.
Almost every generation of the Uchiha Clan’s various Lineages has produced geniuses, and the probability of awakening the Sharingan is much higher than that of ordinary Main Family members.
And is it easier for members born from the Lineage to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan?
This cannot be clearly verified, because some lineages, besides the one who awakened the Lineage, have never produced another Mangekyo Sharingan.
But there are also lineages where multiple Mangekyo Sharingan have appeared after several generations, even in one generation.
It is this randomness that creates some controversy.
But this controversy did not affect the fact that after the birth of the Lineage, they secured their position as rulers within the clan with their powerful strength, ultimately forming the Elder Council, an organization that could decide on the Clan Head, and supervise and assist the Clan Head in managing the clan.
However, the development of things is not unchanging. The privileged class, wherever they are, is hated by the non-privileged class.
So, after many changes, until now, the Uchiha Clan’s Lineage System still exists, but it is different from its original form.
In the past, as long as they were born from the Lineage, even if they had the same Sharingan, some people would still feel that they were higher in status than the Main Family, and they actually enjoyed more privileges.
This naturally caused dissatisfaction among the Main Family members, why should you have a higher status than me, with the same eyes?
What’s even more infuriating is that some Lineage members didn’t even awaken their Sharingan but still felt superior, which was even more hated.
So after a period of turmoil during the Warring States period, the Lineage System’s inheritance was changed.
Since then, Lineage members only enjoy a higher status than Main Family members if they are the Lineage Leader or the Lineage Leader’s designated successor.
For example, in the First Lineage where he is now, only his great-grandfather, Uchiha Hiakaku, his grandfather, Uchiha Kenta, and Uchiha Chin, his father, have a higher status than the Main Family.
It is worth noting that before his father died, Uchiha Chin was designated as the successor to the First Lineage by his great-grandfather, Uchiha Hiakaku, and Uchiha Kenta was only designated as the successor after his father, Uchiha Chin, died.
As for other Lineage members, they follow the Main Family and Branch Family system, those who awakened the Uchiha kekkei genkai, awakened the Sharingan, become the Main Family, and the rest become the Branch Family.
For example, his grandmother, Uchiha Aya, and his mother, Uchiha Tsuki, who came from the Fourth Lineage, are Main Family members.
While he himself, though currently very favored, is still a Branch Family member.
Because, regardless of whether it is the three-tomoe Sharingan, or the Mangekyo Sharingan, it is still an undisclosed secret.
These Main Family and Branch Family members of the Lineage, when they are descendants of the current Lineage Leader, still belong to that Lineage.
But once the Lineage Leader changes, those who are not descendants of the current Lineage Leader will become ordinary Main Family and Branch Family members.
For example, in the First Lineage, when his great-grandfather, Uchiha Hiakaku, was still the Lineage Leader, all his descendants belonged to the First Lineage.
But when his grandfather, Uchiha Kenta, became the successor, the descendants of his great-grandfather who are now the brothers of his grandfather, and their descendants, no longer belong to the First Lineage.
The Main Family and Branch Family members within the Lineage are in principle equal to the ordinary Main Family and Branch Family members.
In principle equal, but in reality, there are some differences. For example, only Main Family members from the Lineage branches are eligible to be the successor of the Lineage, and a candidate for the successor.