Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

Mae's mother and father were thrown off. Let alone them, even Mae was super surprised. Ryu hadn't told her what really happened either, but hearing it explained let them not quite knowing what to say. Mae, who was certain that something went wrong, was still relatively fine. But her parents, especially her father who had made a big fuss over the matter. felt somewhat embarrassed..

In the end, they could only respectfully bow their heads and leave respectfully, a complicated light flickering in their eyes.

They truly didn't know if this kind of man was a blessing or a curse for their daughter. He was truly powerful and talented, but he was also head strong and had a sense of indifference to the world and all the things that it brought that could be extremely dangerous.

To face off against an entire Clan's hostility all because you couldn't bother to explain or defend yourself... did he feel it was beneath him? Did he feel that they weren't worthy of his effort? Maybe it was that they were so insignificant to him that their opinions were worthless in his eyes?

The more they thought about it, the more uncomfortable they felt. Even in the end, he just up and left, taking all the pressure on his shoulders without even explaining his intentions to them. In fact, he had helped out the Dream Asura Clan a great deal, and he didn't even do it for them, he had done it all because of their daughter. He didn't even care what collateral benefits he gained out of it in the end.

Rogryll looked into the skies. He had to continue improving, or else soon enough he would only be able to look at the back view of his own son-in-law. At that point, he might really have to apologize. He couldn't have that.

Mae's mother could seem to hear the thoughts of her husband. In the end.she could only roll her eyes.

...

Ryu appeared high in the skies of the Fifth Heaven, his calm having long since returned and his Birthed Phenomena having vanished. He brought out one of his great swordstaffs as he fell from the skies and stepped onto it. His Sword God Aura surged as he shot into the distance..

When he reached the location of the Radiant Star Sect, he could only shake his head.

"This again, huh?"

The Sect was once again nowhere to be found, but Ryu didn't react like he had in the past. His first assumption that Aika had once again become impatient and left to the next Heaven. This wasn't a woman that could say in place for very long. It seemed that the last experience hadn't changed her at all. But then again, after one had honed their personality for who knew how many years, how could one event change it meaningfully? It was simply impossible to expect such a thing.

So, although she had almost been forced into a marriage with her juniors, it seemed that she hadn't changed much at all.

"Sixth Heaven, then, Ryu thought to himself calmly.

This time, he didn't feel a need to go to a teleportation platform. Although he had relied on the instability of the Nether World to bridge the gap to this place, the path to a new Heaven was much easier to cross than one between worlds. Although he still couldn't cross a major barrier blocked by a Heavenly Path, this much was still within his abilities.

He took a step and vanished once again, entering the Sixth Heaven. But he could only frown when he did.

The scent of blood filled the air, suffocating and all pervading.

The issue, though, was that Ryu was standing in the middle of nowhere. There didn't seem to be anything around, so where could the smell of blood be coming from? The only explanation was that it was either hidden in plain sight, maybe underground, or.... There had been a lot of slaughter on this Heaven recently.

Ryu's expression became somewhat serious. He wanted to find a location to break into the Cosmic Seed Realm officially. He felt that he could probably reach the very peak, at least with one of his Dantians immediately. That would allow him complete certainty in the Complete Heavenly Path. But if the situation was so volatile, it might be difficult.

'Let's find where the Radiant Star Sect is first. If Aika controlled their landing spot, then they can only be..."

Ryu's gaze sharpened and he shot off in a particular direction. Of course, this direction was the very center of the Heaven.

Not long after he left, Primus stepped out of the void, leisurely strolling forward, a Fire Giant still in his hands being swung around as though it was some sort of rag doll.

Ryu appeared in the central region of the Sixth Heaven and the commotion wasn't small. He frowned because the situation was much more volatile than he had thought, so much so that no one seemed to notice him in the skies at all, and he also couldn't spot the Radiant Star Sect immediately.

There were several large camps in the center region, many of these so-called "encampments" dwarfing even Third Heaven official Sects and Clans. These encampments all seemed to be from the Seventh Heaven and they had come down here as though this was their home.

Ryu didn't really care much, after all, this wasn't his home either. He had been in the True Martial World for a long while, but he still saw Sacrum as his one and only home. In all likelihood, when he reached the pinnacle of this world, that was where he would return to.

In this sort of situation, it wasn't surprising that many conflicts had occurred.

Tension were clearly rising.

Suddenly, Ryu's pupils constricted, his good mood vanishing into thin air. The scent of blood wasn't something that could move his position one way or another, he simply didn't give a damn about how many people died.

But these people sure had a lot of nerve.

In the distance, surrounded by countless people, Isemeine was strapped to a pillar by chains, her body covered in whiplashes, lacerated flesh and dried blood.