Individual legacies weren't the last form of legacy either though as there were also some clans that would have founders who followed the primordial path in the past.
These clans were very influential and would often control many worlds under them. And since they had a very homogenized group of members due to being one family, they could concentrate their power.
This was unlike the sects which could have several factions and schools of thought forming within itself. This diffusion of power could often divide the sects and thus restrain their overall power.
This led to the legacy clans becoming great overlords of several worlds at once.
The veiled woman was sure that Lin Mu might belong to either of these two categories as his talent and affinities were very rare. But the answer that Lin Mu gave her was not something she had expected at all.