Grand Ancestral Bloodlines
chapter-1983

Ryu's Realm Heart had long since left the path of normalcy long along.

Well, it was hard to say that there was a "normal" path for Realm Hearts in the first place. Technically speaking, they all followed their own unique paths, each one having different Laws to establish

themselves upon.

As they matured, they would naturally begin to deviate along their unique paths, and thus begin to shift and change along with those laws.

That said, they all had a natural sort of progression, although said progression was incredibly slow. And that was part of the oddity here.

Usually, those lucky enough to stumble onto Realm Hearts would all die long before said Realm Heart could even begin to blossom into maturity. And that was even if said person managed to become a Dao God.

The length of life of worlds was so far beyond that of living beings that they couldn't be compared at all.

And therein lay the problem.

Due to the influence of his Beyond Perfect Extreme Spiritual Foundation, Ryu's Realm IIeart had experienced accelerated growth and was actually on the verge of becoming a real world.

The reason he hadn't noticed was because the process was completely different from what it should be. For example, his Realm Heart wasn't expanding like it should, nor were its laws maturing in the normal sense. Or more accurately, the laws were being obscured, twisted, and changed by, once again, the influence of his Spiritual Foundation.

This sounded like a good thing. After all, how could he turn down a world that was in his control? But there were several problems with this.

The most obvious of which was that this world might not be in his possession at all. A Realm Heart was valuable because they were immature and could be easily controlled. A True World wasn't so simple at all.

Even if Ryu had influenced it all throughout its youth, if it actually matured, it would have a Heaven of its own and it would begin to be more in line with the rules of Order. As such, it would begin to restrict Ryu just as much as it helped him.

Depending on the situation, this could be a great help or it could be a great detriment. And given all the variables in his body, Ryu was actually more inclined to believe that it would be more detrimental than not.

And therein lay the second issue: his Spiritual Foundation.

If his connection with his Realm Heart faltered, or was at least no longer under his full control any longer, he might also lose control of his Spiritual Foundation again.

In fact, it was worse than this. Let alone losing connection, his Spiritual Foundation might become directly assimilated.

Why would his Realm Heart miss the chance to accelerate its own evolution? And what stronger path to evolution could there be outside of absorbing so many strong treasures?

His Realm Heart was easy to control, but that was only because it was a bundle of instincts. And this bundle of instincts was only focused on one thing: evolution.

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His Spiritual Foundation to his Realm Heart now was practically like a big, juicy steak placed in front of a rabid dog. There was simply no way it would just leave it be if it was given the chance.

He could lose everything in an instant if he wasn't careful.

And yet, this still wasn't everything. There was a deeper layer to all of this.

His own Inner World.

Even if he managed to leap through all of these problems and concerns, it would be hell to have two worlds in his body, each one pulling in different directions.

The worlds would certainly clash, and they wouldn't like having to share his body at all. In fact, it would probably be worse than even that; they might try to swallow one another.

This was a huge problem for Ryu because just fusing them wasn't a solution at all.

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His Realm Heart had to be the vessel for his Beyond Perfect Extreme Spiritual Foundation. If it wasn't there, then he would lose one of his greatest reliances.

By the same token, his Inner World was currently inextricably linked to his soul and his eyes. He had many plans for it in the future, and it was also the foundation of one of his strongest techniques. He couldn't give it up either.

Fusing them together into one simply wasn't an option. They were located in and performed completely different aspects of his cultivation.

There was something else as well.

If his Realm Heart succeeded... or rather, when it succeeded, judging by the pace it was moving at now, it would be far beyond his Inner World. As such, the winner between their struggle would be clear and obvious.

There was an obvious problem to this.

Even if he managed to avoid all the pitfalls of his Realm Heart's evolution, in the end, it would be his Dao Heart ruling it.

But by comparison, his Inner World, headed by his Perfect Blackbody Soul, would be far behind. This would cause an imbalance to his souls and his Dao Heart could end up trying to take over again. That would throw a wrench in his [One Above All] technique and end up screwed over.

Suddenly, he understood at least in part how his Dao Heart had begun to absorb his negative emotions. That just might be an evolution related to his Realm Heart, one that had been allowed to happen after he was unconscious.

That couldn't be a coincidence. His Dao Heart chose to act while he was out of it. It couldn't be any more obvious than that.

It seemed like his own body was trying to kill him again.

However, rather than being perturbed, Ryu chuckled. It was quite a frightening chuckle, too...

Because it was hard to tell if he was so confident because he truly had a solution...

Or if he was only so confident because his Dao Heart sucked away his worry.