Grand Ancestral Bloodlines
chapter-1911

Ryu took a breath and gave Wobbly Fairy a small bow in thanks.

He seemed to be giving out more and more of these recently, and the result only shocked Star River all the more.

Star River was the first to react. Ryu didn't even finish his bow before she flashed, appearing by Wobbly Fairy's side and soaring into the skies with unbridled speed.

Then, under everyone's speechless eyes, she actually launched Wobbly Fairy into the clouds above as though she was tossing away a ticking time bomb.

Before anyone could understand why the hell the woman they respected so much treated their little mascot like this, the clouds of thunder began to boom.

'Tribulation?!"

They all had the same thought. The ground quaked and many of them tumbled over, falling to their asses. The shaking boom of the skies above was enough to make these seasoned cultivators into insecure toddlers being tossed about.

Wobbly Fairy was actually breaking into Dao Sovereignty!

It was no wonder Star River reacted the way she had. If that tribulation had triggered where Wobbly Fairy was, they would have all been screwed over. If you got caught up in someone's tribulation, not only would it become far more difficult for them, but it would also begin to target those around them as well.

The Heavens wouldn't allow anyone to help in a tribulation. Star River even had to be careful with how hard she threw Wobbly Fairy out, or else if she gave the little woman too much momentum, it might be deemed by the Heavens that she was helping out.

It was a huge headache.

Luckily, Star River had managed to react quickly enough and couldn't help but look toward Ryu with a complicated gaze.

There were only a very small number who noticed, but was it a coincidence that Wobbly Fairy was only breaking through after her projection's match with Ryu?

Many might be able to draw such a conclusion, but fewer understood just what the implication of the bow was and how it played a role.

Of those here, only Star River's eyes were sharp enough to notice the fact that the insight alone wasn't enough.

With the insight, it might have taken Wobbly Fairy another year or two to finally break through.

Of course, this was still extraordinarily fast. Wobbly Fairy wasn't even 1000 years old yet, but she was already about to become a Dao Sovereign. Her talent was ridiculous!

But what was more shocking was the fact a simple bow had been able to erase the time needed. Maybe the reason Wobbly Fairy had so carelessly fallen asleep was because she didn't think her tribulation would trigger right this moment either...

Ryu stood in silence, looking up with a curious light in his eyes almost as though he could feel the tribulation that he had just triggered.

But what he cared about wasn't the tribulation per se.... it was the fact there was one at all.

Did this world have different rules?

He had been there when Aika broke through to Dao Sovereignty before, and there was no tribulation or else he would have died long ago.

Did Aika suppress it?

Now that he thought about it, back then, the strength Aika displayed was far too weak for someone who should have been a Dao Sovereign. Of course, she still toyed with her enemies, but her strength was far too limited.

Ryu's memory was perfect, so he could recall every little detail. Nothing was able to escape him.

'It's possible... I know too little about the Lord, Sovereign, and God Realms. Honestly, I know too little about the Sky God Realms in general. I'll have to rely on my wife to see what sorts of documents she's gathered in her journey after I get out of here. In the meantime...'

Ryu's next opponent began to shimmer into existence.

... Let's end this quickly.

Wobbly Fairy's help had aided him to resolve one of his biggest issues: Focus Qi. He would have to study the link between his Dao Heart and Focus Qi more later, but for now, he wanted to blaze through the rest of this challenge.

And that he did.

The battles seemed difficult on the outside, a battle of wits where Ryu would only eke out a victory in the end, but what no one noticed was that these were precisely the kind of battles that Ryu favored. He was outsmarting his opponents, finding their weaknesses and then targeting them. While the battles seemed arduous, with every one, Ryu was actually regaining more and more of his stamina, and his body was getting to be in better and better condition.

By the time he was on the last two battles, he had already recovered to over 70%, and though he still didn't have access to his eyes, it didn't seem to matter in the slightest.

Suddenly, Ryu's eyes narrowed.

As this figure shimmered into existence, he could feel that there was something special about her. This woman... was already a Dao God.

These were the very same bouts that Star River was so afraid of. But right now, between Ryu and Wobbly Fairy, Star River could only give more concentration to the latter. Although it was almost impossible to help someone in a tribulation, that didn't mean that she couldn't save Wobbly Fairy if it seemed like she was going to die.

She truly hoped that Wobbly Fairy wouldn't fail, but sometimes there were things that you just couldn't control.

'Seems it's about time, Ryu thought, watching this woman take shape.

There were two Dao Gods that the Rebirthing Cultus Sect had raised up on their own from the time they were youths until now, and these two Dao Gods were, as such, a part of their Throne Challenge. Silent Quibus was the most talented of them all, but because of his sinister path, he had to prepare far more for every breakthrough, and as such had fallen a step behind, but these two...