Grand Ancestral Bloodlines
chapter-1932

There was a certain calmness to the current Ryu that had never been there before. His expression was the same, but his eyes had gained depth in a way that was impossible to describe.

The air around him was also particularly calm, as though wind itself wasn't allowed to flow freely in his presence or like a vacuum of space had been formed beneath his will.

If one looked closely, it was possible to see a rainbow-colored light swimming through his veins. From time to time, that light would flicker and exit through his pores, forming a gorgeous array of scales that carried a crystalline texture not too dissimilar from Selheira's own.

However, these scales almost looked like illusions of the eye, disappearing mere seconds later as though they had never been there before.

Ryu had put a lot of thought into his Body Realm Cultivation Method, more thought than he had put into anything else in his life, in all likelihood. Yet, he seemed to have forgotten one very important thing: his Bloodlines.

The strength of one's blood was often directly correlated to one's bodily strength. After all, even if two people were cultivating the same exact method, a gap in Bloodline talent could easily cause one of them to fall well behind even if they kept up with Cultivation Realm.

This was to say that neglecting his Bloodlines wasn't the way forward, at least not for long.

However, for some reason or another, Ryu seemed to be entirely unconcerned with this.

He slowly rose to his feet and his body began to crackle and pop. A dense web of muscles pulsed beneath his skin and the world whined beneath his power.

He had reached the very pinnacle of the Omniscient Body Realm, while his Qi Realm was at the pinnacle of the Transcended Realm. The only thing that should have lagged behind was his Mental Realm, and yet…

Ryu drew a finger across the air.

A line of flames followed, and Wobbling Fairy's courtyard trembled. At that moment, an alchemy furnace flew out from the depths of Wobbling Fairy's Immortal Abode, taking her off guard.

Ryu was just taking her things without asking, but she didn't even have the time to complain before he began to take more. Spiritual Herbs of countless varieties began to fly through the air, some of which actually came from outside of the courtyard.

It looked as though Ryu was robbing the Sect blind from an outsider's view. Many of those Spiritual Herbs were of the Omniscient and Lord Grade, in their opinion, Ryu shouldn't even be able to use these Herbs!

However, there was a calmness about Ryu at the moment that made Wobbling Fairy's heart skip a beat.

The two had only laid with one another once over a quarter century ago, but that time was practically a blink in the eyes of cultivators like them. Plus, it wasn't as though Ryu had allowed her to forget his presence because he had taken up space in her courtyard for all these decades as well.

Still, she had a lot of time to think about how she felt about Ryu and in the end, she could only sigh.

She had little goodwill toward Ryu, but she was now also aware of his temperament and how it worked. So, she knew that she had to make a decision.

Ryu was simply too talented. It was either she fall out with the Sect now and kill him, or she accept the fact that she would forever be beneath his thumb.

Such a hypocritical, narrowminded man would never let her go unless he became a completely different person… but how could she possibly bank on such a thing?

This new display by Ryu, though…

Ryu flicked out his finger and several drops of Embryonic Qi cut through the air, dicing the Spiritual Herbs into pieces before they burst into a sudden inexplicable flame.

He burned away their impurities in a single step all at once as though he wasn't worried about destroying the Spiritual Herb. However, after his experience with Wobbling Fairy, his comprehension of Impurities, how they worked and hindered life, had all reached an unprecedented height.

When that was matched with the knowledge he had gathered from Ailsa's library, he might not have practiced alchemy in many years, but his skill was practically second to none… or rather, second to a very select few.

Formations began to appear around the cauldron with every breath Ryu took and Tribulation Clouds had already begun to appear high in the skies.

At this point, the commotion that Ryu had caused for the last more than decade had settled down. In fact, this place had become a practical holy land for cultivation, even more so than in the past.

Much like Ryu's Dao breakthrough had allowed many of them gain insights into their own Daos and progress, his Body Realm Cultivation had brought down so many laws that they found their comprehension of the elements breaking through one after another.

As a Sect of mostly Spirituals, this was absolutely invaluable as most of them were likewise cultivators that focused on an element or two.

Due to this, the area around Wobbling Fairy's courtyard had become a holy land, and the highest echelon members of the Sect took turns cultivating near it.

Wobbling Fairy's Courtyard was already deep within the Sect, so only a very select few could even be near it to begin with.

And it was also these select few that noticed these changes first.

At first, they thought that Wobbling Fairy was somehow already breaking into the God Realm, but this wasn't the case at all. However, even though they knew that this was impossible, it was hard for them to fathom how a larger Tribulation could appear.

Ryu ignored it all, his hands moving faster and faster and the last bits of rust practically fell from his fingers.

BANG!

The cauldron began to rumble and the skies shook.