Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

1238 Dangerous

The scene could only be described as Armageddon. The skies shattered as though glass, reality warped and twisted, and at that moment, an enormous dome-like formation that was normally invisible to the eyes appeared. The formation was formed of gears and countless moving parts, an illusion of artistry and beauty that could make one neglect one very obvious part...

For all intents and purposes, this "beautiful" formation dome was a cage, a cage to keep those of them on the lower Heavens suppressed.

However, Ryu was maybe the only one thinking of such a thing at this moment, because everyone else, including the Sky Gods of the Heavenly Dew Pavilion, felt their hearts leaping into their throats.

Descending from the Seventh to the Sixth Heaven was an extraordinarily difficult task. Crossing the Complete Heavenly Path was an entirely different beast than the incomplete Heavenly Path, and the more powerful you were, the more effort it took to accomplish it.

The skies seemed to vanish into a sea of fire that made Ryu's expression flicker. These flames looked familiar.

Ryu's heart couldn't help but skip a beat. 'Origin Flames?'

Ryu's figure suddenly flickered then vanished. Everyone was trapped in the awe and majesty that almost no one noticed, not even the Sky Gods. The only person who seemed to realize what was going on was the person who had been paying attention to Ryu from the very beginning, unable to take her eyes off of him even in the face of what looked like a catastrophe...

That person was none other than Fairy Claire.

However, even for her, other than noticing that Ryu had entered the void, she could sense nothing else. Her eyes were useless in this situation. The world was bending and warping too much, if she tried to focus on seeing through its changes, her eyes would only begin to bleed and she might go blind for a period of time.

Even so, she was absolutely shocked. How could a Dao Pedestal Realm expert enter the void? Was that because of the God Treasure? No, there was simply no way. God Treasures were extremely powerful and could aid others in doing the impossible, but it wasn't to the point they could allow an Immortal to do what only a Sky God could do, especially when that Sky God would usually have to be at at least the Transcended Realm.

She looked around and her eyes continued to snap about, but as expected, after just a few seconds, blood began to pool out like dripping tears.

She stumbled back, blinking several times.

"Fairy Claire!" The Sky Gods around her finally seemed to notice. "You can't use your eyes to observe this event, it's too much for you, you must be careful!"

...

Ryu had no idea what happened to Fairy Claire after he entered the void, he was entirely focused on moving forward. As such, he didn't realize the difference between his eyes and Fairy Claire's. While observing the world, he could easily see the spatial nodes and tides of time. He didn't even feel the slightest strain.

If Fairy Claire's eyes were a soft metal like gold, his own were akin to a refined, un-scratchable, unbendable alloy created by the fusion of countless powerful ores. The two could only be compared as Heaven and Earth.

Although Ryu's eyes were still sealed, the underlying strength of his eyes was still there. Eyes were usually known to be as the most vulnerable, or one of the most vulnerable, parts of the body, even for cultivators. But while he hadn't noticed this just yet, Ryu's own eyes were no less sturdy than his flesh and muscle, in fact, it might be even more so.

This allowed Ryu to see things others couldn't.

In reality, those of the upper Heavens had always been aware that the shattering of the space between Heavens would lead to the appearance of Origin Flames. The problem was that they didn't have systematic methods of grasping it outside of unbridled power.

Ryu, however, had several advantages. First, he already had a foundation built upon not just one Origin Flame, but two of them. Secondly, he could see and even predict the appearance of the sparks. And, lastly, he had a strong immunity to the other flames.

There was another important point as well. Right this moment, outside of exceptionally powerful Sky Gods, Ryu was probably the only one who dared to travel through the void right this moment.

If even observing the atmosphere could strain the eyes, one could imagine what could happen to the body if you dared to enter it. The void was only as safe as the attacks outside of it. If an attack could warp the void and collapse it, entering it didn't matter, you would die regardless. Since this phenomena had caused reality itself to warp, then it was clear and obvious that it was already at this level.

However, Ryu could see through the void and avoid the changes ahead of time. He could see the kernels of space, which ones were still sturdy, which ones were on the verge of collapse, and which ones had already collapsed and were still trying to repair themselves.

Like this, Ryu not only vanished from sight, but he carved a quick path toward the skies. He didn't seem to care who was descending anymore, all he Ryu, however, had several advantages. First, he already had a foundation built upon not just one Origin Flame, but two of them. Secondly, he could see and even predict the appearance of the sparks. And, lastly, he had a strong immunity to the other flames.

There was another important point as well. Right this moment, outside of exceptionally powerful Sky Gods, Ryu was probably the only one who dared to travel through the void right this moment.

If even observing the atmosphere could strain the eyes, one could imagine what could happen to the body if you dared to enter it. The void was only as safe as the attacks outside of it. If an attack could warp the void and collapse it, entering it didn't matter, you would die regardless. Since this phenomena had caused reality itself to warp, then it was clear and obvious that it was already at this level.

However, Ryu could see through the void and avoid the changes ahead of time. He could see the kernels of space, which ones were still sturdy, which ones were on the verge of collapse, and which ones had already collapsed and were still trying to repair themselves.

Like this, Ryu not only vanished from sight, but he carved a quick path toward the skies. He didn't seem to care who was descending anymore, all he saw was an opportunity to get stronger.

He felt more and more that the Origin Flames had to have something greater to them than just bolstering his memory, but it was impossible to test this out unless he strengthened them.

That said, this would be easy.

There were only two ways for Ryu to succeed, two methods he had long since thought of.

The first was to step out of the void, very dangerous for obvious reasons.

The second was to stay within the void and wait for a spark to come to him. But doing that would require him to wait until a spatial node collapsed first. Very, very dangerous, even more so than the first option because in that case, Ryu would not only be facing the attacks from the outside, but also maybe the most dangerous power in existence: collapsing space.

Even so, he took the second option without hesitation.