Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

1778 Fiends

"I understand." Ryu said after listening to the story of the nine figures.

"You were already aware of this, little boy?"

"My master has toldabout the Phoenix Sky God before."

"Your master?"

"Fading Star."

There was a tremble in the air, and the nine figures seemed to understand.

"I see… Your master is quite pitiful."

Ryu nodded. He understood what they meant. From what he knew, his master's world had been destroyed, cutting off the cycle of reincarnation for anyone who survived the catastrophe. It could be said that Fading Star, her husband, and even Hope weren't welcon this plane at all, as they weren't born beneath its cycle of reincarnation.

"Since Fading Star is your master, that explains quite a lot. There's even less to worry about you, then."

Ryu wasn't worried about any of this at all. As expected, if everyone feared the Phoenix Sky God so much, and he really was ssort of plot concocted by this existence, then it was impossible that these people who could easily see through his other talents could see through his White Phoenix Spiritual Foundation.

Not one of them had even mentioned it.

It could be said that his greatest protection on this front was the Phoenix Sky God themselves. And that was surely amusing to think of.

"Thank you for the opportunity," Ryu said evenly. "If that is all, I will take my leave now."

"Look at him, so eager to leave."

"Maybe that's because you spent all your tplotting for a path to kill him."

"Wait for a moment."

Once again, it was the only voice that could suppress all the others.

"Yes?" Ryu asked.

He seemed much calmer than he usually was, and his tone wasn't nearly as chilly as it often was while speaking to strangers.

He seemed to have undergone a myriad of changes, and his mind still hadn't quite settled down yet. He still needed tto digest what he had gone through, and as he did so, his temperament would slowly becmore refined.

Was it true that he had already reached the peak possibility of this technique? It was only partially true…

Ryu had many thoughts on how to improve even further, but they weren't things that could be executed right now.

"Do you have the desire to go to another world?" The voice asked.

"I have the desire to go wherever the highest peak is. If it is not here, then elsewhere is fine."

"Would you liketo help you go to these highest peaks?"

Ryu shook his head. "I must see my wife first. That is why I have chere."

"I feel that you will be disappointed. The Dream Wraiths have disbanded."

Ryu's heart skipped a beat, and he showed semotions for the first tsince he had seen his other lives… well, aside from despair, that is.

"Disbanded?"

Ryu wasn't surprised that they had guessed he meant Mae, despite him not specifying. Mae was the only one of his wives who was a Demon. Since they could sense his Primordial Yins so clearly, they could obviously also tell she was related to the Dream Wraiths.

"It is something that must happen from tto time. It could be said that the Dream Wraiths are threatened by very few across Existence, and even those with the strength will be unlikely to offend us due to the importance of our jurisdiction. This often leads to complacency over long enough periods of time. To combat this, Dream Wraiths must be tempered."

"How?"

"They are sent to other worlds where there will be a culling of sorts. The bodies of Dream Wraiths are very valuable, especially to Mental Realm cultivators. But even to those that are not Mental Realm Masters, absorbing the soul of a Dream Wraith will allow them a more narrow vision of what you have just seen, allowing their comprehension and temperament to advance by leaps and bounds.

"As such, whenever this happens, the expelled Dream Wraiths will be hunted down and a vast majority of them will die."

A dangerous light flickered in Ryu's gaze. Didn't that mean that his wife was in danger?

He didn't hate her master. In fact, this was just what a master should do. If Mae's master didn't train her and push her to achieve more, who would?

But he still didn't like the idea of her being thrust out into the world without his protection.

This was also the first the had heard that Dream Wraiths were so valuable. And that made this trouble even more troublesome.

Ryu was no longer the signorant youth of the past. There were many things he knew about that others did not.

And, unlike with sother things, Sacrum did have Dream Wraiths. It was just that they weren't nearly so easy to find, as though they had gone into hiding as well.

This meant that this information was only known to the most powerful and obscure geniuses.

On the one hand, that might be good because it meant that fewer enemies.

But who cared about the number of enemies? Wasn't the quality the most important?

None of this even mentioned the fact that entering a new world, with different Daos and laws, Mae would almost certainly be suppressed.

Ryu didn't have to worry about such suppression because he had his inner world. And even then, he would need a small adjustment period.

But what about his wife?

"… You're able to sendto her?"

"I can. But you will have to do something for me."

At this point, Ryu had no idea that Mae's master would be willing to help him. And even if she was willing, would she help Selheira, Empana and the others to do the same?

As such, he didn't hesitate much.

His wife was very important to him, and his Dao Heart was unshakable.

"What would you liketo do?"

"The world your wife has gone to is known as the Eternal Balance World. Your wife's master has certainly made this decision on purpose as it is one of the most troublesworlds in Existence, not because of the strength of those on the plane, but rather because of its odd state.

"The worlds across Existence are all different in their own quirky ways, but what remains is that the Chaos Plane is almost always devoid of life… except in rare exceptions like this one.

"In the Eternal Balance World, there is a Race known as Fiends. It can be said that before the Phoenix Sky God's rise, the Fiends were the enemy of the world, but they have been greatly suppressed in recent times.

"The Eternal Balance World is one of the few where they still have great influence.

"Do you know what the Fiend Race has in common?"

Ryu's eyes narrowed. "No."

"They all have an inferior version of your Chaotic Silk Meridians. In fact, it can be said that your Chaotic Silk Meridians descended from their Ancestors and were integrated into our cultivation systems over time."

"And you feel no hostility because of that?"

"Why would I? Your Chaotic Silk Meridians played a key role in the current suppression of the Fiends. It can be said that our Real Plane Ancestors reversed the situation precisely because your talent existed."

Ryu understood… and thanks to that, he also knew that he was about to get screwed over.

"As you might imagine, if those of that plane find out that one not of their kind has these Meridians, you will be hunted down even more fiercely than the Dream Wraiths. But because of this, you're also the only one that can do this."

Ryu chuckled.

He had heard the saying that elders were spicier, but this was the first the had been on the receiving end. But could he complain? He could only blhimself for caring for his wife so much.

Clearly, these nine figures needed a favor from him, but he had ended up being the one doing it to repay a favor instead.

How could he not find it amusing?

Even so, he didn't say a word, taking it all in stride.

"The Eternal Balance World can be said to be teetering, on the verge of becoming the first world in generations to becfully controlled by the Fiend Race. I will need your help to reverse this situation."

"I will do as I've said, but such a thing will take time. A Plane like this will certainly have Dao Gods."

Ryu spoke matter-of-factly, as though it wouldn't be trouble to one day slaughter Dao Gods.

"You do not need to worry about this. I will give you sinformation, and you will need to succeed within 100 years or else it will be too late."

Ryu had many questions. There were too many things that didn't line up, but a stream of information hit him the next moment and he felt spatial fluctuations around him.

He grit his teeth and forced his mind to focus beneath the stream.

"I agree, but you must sendnear where my wife is and allowto bring along my companions."

"Okay."

These were the last words Ryu heard before he vanished.