Grand Ancestral Bloodlines
chapter-1880

The earth trembled, and the skies roiled. However, Ryu continued to sit in place as though he hadn't sensed any of it at all. Everything in the world reflected in his mind, and when it seemed like things would veer in the wrong direction, the Seed of Light pulsed just a single time, and everything seemed to return to a perfect state of calm.

The feeling of having everything under his control was an intoxicating one, and one that Ryu would never get enough of.

Whether it was Adlael, Kira, or the three-pupiled woman, they all felt that something was wrong at the same time. They thought that maybe what they were looking for had been revealed, but in the end, they realized that the commotion was far too large for this.

They sensed what was happening and immediately made a move, heading toward Ryu's location. But as they did so, it felt to them that if the world was in the palm of Ryu's hands, then it was entirely against them.

They found themselves running in place as though the earth was moving in the opposite direction. No matter how hard they pushed, it wasn't enough.

Despair flickered in their eyes, and all three thought of the same person at the same time.

The woman was almost certain that the person she had sensed earlier was Ryu. As a member of the Three-Pupil Race, she was incredibly sensitive to the existence of Heavenly Pupils. The moment they appeared, she had sensed the Heavenly Pupils of all three of them, that being Ryu, Ianjor, and Lu'card.

Lu'card was weird enough, as she had never heard of a beast having Heavenly Pupils before. But Ryu still caught her attention the most because his Mysteries of Heaven and Earth Pupils were ranked in the top three not in a particular world… but across all of existence itself. On top of that, Ryu's had mutated in a way that she had never seen before.

The only person who could possibly be capable of gazing at her without her being able to find them in this world was Ryu.

Kira thought of Ryu immediately as well because after his interaction with him and his own rage cooled, he realized that it was too ridiculous for Ryu to be able to move so freely in this world, especially when they had come prepared and Ryu had entered in the spur of a moment.

He couldn't see it himself, but he was sure that this was related to Ryu.

As for Adlael… he didn't need to have seen Ryu personally. He had already witnessed Ryu's feats firsthand. Things that didn't seem to make any sense at all were accomplished by this man on a daily basis. If there was anyone who could do this…

It was him.

What none of the three knew was that the commotion outside was even worse.

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"Retreat," Ianjor suddenly said, his gaze flickering.

"Further?" Lu'card asked.

Ianjor nodded. He was getting a bad feeling.

After surviving so long on his own, and blind at that, he had already picked up more survival skills than maybe even Ryu had. He had his own intuition when it came to such matters, and he was quickly proven correct.

Auras that made his heart shudder began to appear one after another. In the midst of it all, Iam stood unmoved, but what was surprising was that he vanished from their sights moments later.

What Lu'card and Ianjor didn't know was that Iam never moved. And yet, it was as though he had been erased from the world completely. Even the powerful auras that were appearing one after another didn't seem to have noticed his presence.

The Fiends were the first to arrive. This place was located in Real Plane territory, but the Beast Domain was a large region that the Real Plane had all but ignored for generations. As such, this particular Fiend Dao God, having happened to be close, was still the first to arrive.

Lightning flared around his body, and golden streaks pulsed in his wake. A fan of swords hovered behind him like an enigmatic formation, and each one seemed to be wreathed in a bolt of gold.

The Dao God of the Lightning Fiends, Thaldorin.

BOOM!

He came to a sudden stop, and cobwebs of flashing lightning spread into the distance. He seemed to instantly form a Domain that covered all things.

Lu'card and Ianjor could only narrow their eyes. If they were near that sort of devastation, they would die ten times over without knowing what happened.

Whether by coincidence or not, they both thought of Ryu at the same time. That man was really too reckless. Even if he succeeded, what would be waiting for him on the outside was far too ridiculous. There was no way they could step into these murky waters. In fact, just watching was dangerous.

If they were in a position to watch a Dao God, that Dao God was certainly in a position to sense them. Who were they to say that their vision was better than a Dao God's? Even Ryu couldn't boast such a thing.

Just as Thaldorin's Domain was spreading, there was a sudden echoing boom through space once again.

A valiant woman wearing armor of plated white diamond appeared. She slashed down her sword just a single time, not even bothering to converse with Thaldorin.

She split Thaldorin's Domain in two, and fluttering gems appeared in the skies, forming her own Domain.

Suddenly, the skies were split in two. One beauty and another handsome man. If one didn't know better, one would think that they were having a lover's spat.

Their clash caused the world to rock and shake. Neither one of them were worried about ruining the Holy World because it simply wasn't something even the strength of a God could shift or change.

"Sweeping Lightning. Know your place," the woman said coldly. "This is the Real Plane, not your backyard."