Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

1134 Mimicry

The Chaos aspect of his Balance aspect could only be described as destructive. The Chaos aspect of his Cultivation aspect could already disperse qi that touched it, but this aspect could directly twist, bend and destroy it.

If every movement of his Heaven aspect made him fuse with the world, every movement of his Chaos aspect disrupted the world, shattering its laws, distorting its foundations, and ripping everything known to shreds.

Just by existing, Ryu's Heavenly Chaos Bone Structure was entirely contradictory, and yet it was perfectly balanced and didn't show any signs of lashing out against Ryu.

Even so, this wasn't the greatest change that Ryu's Heavenly Chaos Body had allowed. In fact, even if he gave up all of the other changes, so long as he could keep this one, he would have been endlessly satisfied.

Due to the qualitative change in his Balance aspect, his Bone Structure had gone beyond just being capable of balancing opposing elements and Qis... it was now even capable of balancing things far more enigmatic. For example. Cultivation Paths.

Every step Ryu had taken with his Chaotic Silk Meridians was a threat that he would lose its true abilities forever. This was because if Ryu took too many steps down a conventional path, he would lose the chaos path that his Chaotic Silk Meridians truly wanted to follow. This was why the start of his journey required losing connection with his Spiritual Foundation. Only in that way would his connection to the Heavens be faint enough for Chaos to flourish.

But now... This was no longer necessary! Because Heaven and Chaos had been perfectly balanced within his body, his Chaotic Silk Meridians weren't suffocated at every turn. This gave Ryu far more leeway in his cultivation path. Even if he took a wrong step in the future, he wouldn't forever lose access to the true path of his Chaotic Silk Meridians!

Ryu gripped his fists and space itself trembled before he exhaled and relaxed. Without a word, he turned around and left the Body Realm Inheritance. Even with the Dao Lord's inheritance right before him, he didn't seem tempted by it in the slightest. It was almost as though he was teaching the Dao Lord a lesson.

He had gotten here under his own power, so he would likewise take his time in accepting this so-called Dao Lord's inheritance. What could they do about it?

He, the one the Dao Lord least wanted to accept, could saunter around as he pleased, picking and choosing the inheritances he wanted most, while those the Dao Lord most wanted to accept could only struggle with one inheritance at a time.

This was the gap, this was the difference. In the face of even a Dao Lord, he would remain true to himself.

Ryu didn't care for Starlight's gaze in the slightest. Starlight could just consider himself lucky that he had gotten here before Ryu and had already begun to assimilate with the Qi Realm inheritance, or else Ryu would have taken it as well.

Ryu appeared before the soul inheritance and reached a hand forward, crushing it.

A wave of pressure descended, this one even more dangerous than any Ryu had faced before. This wasn't because of the power, but more so because of the oddity. Those without exceptional soul talent would find themselves lost almost instantly. However, with his Magus Lock, facing an inheritance designed for those at his cultivation level, what did Ryu have to fear?

In truth, Ryu didn't need this inheritance, he felt that the Magus Sky God's inheritance was very well suited for him and he didn't need another. However, there was no use in not taking advantage of something right in front of him. There was nothing wrong with more knowledge.

Although he couldn't possibly follow all of these paths, having a large selection he could pick and choose from, especially considering his original ignorance of this world, was invaluable. Plus, this was another Omniscient Sky God, so their inheritance couldn't possibly be shabby.

Now that Ryu thought about it, there was another glass orb that descended before the Dao Lord's. Although it was nowhere near as big as the Dao Lord's, it was still much larger than the Omniscient Sky God's he had come across so far.

''Could it be that it was a Dao Lord Inheritance as well?''

Ryu's gaze flashed. If this Dao Lord could crush the other one, just how much more powerful was he? Did he have strength infinitely close to the Dao Sovereign Realm? Or was he from a higher Heaven?

There were probably only a handful of Dao Lords in the Sixth Heaven, they could probably be counted on a single hand, and that was if they actually existed. This meant that if this Dao Lord could crush another so easily, it was likely that he was from the Seventh Heaven... or even higher.

''Interesting,'' Ryu thought placidly.

The soul inheritance finally finished rushing into Ryu's mind and he was mulling it over for a moment before his gaze shone with a peculiar light.

The Puppet Mimicry Sky God.

This Sky God was able to change the fluctuations of their soul at will to match that of another person's. Hiding one's identity was only one of the much lesser abilities of this inheritance, the far more exaggerated ability was being able to assimilate the abilities of a target.

Wasn't this very similar to his Perfect Blackbody?

The main difference here was that the Puppet Mimicry Sky God had found a way to use a wisp of his soul to accomplish the same thing. He had been worried about losing his sense of self by fusing with too many other souls, so he created Wisp Souls or Puppet Souls.

Ryu's gaze glowed.

Right now, he could only have one Soul Nature. There was nothing he could do about it. His Spacetime Soul Nature was too overwhelming and it would be too difficult to find something of comparable quality to balance it out and allow him to gain a second Soul Nature.

However, this Puppet Mimicry Sky God's inheritance was a game changer. If he used this technique to create Wisp Souls, he could bypass this limitation and gain other Soul Natures.

Ryu didn't have a pressing need for other Soul Natures right this moment, but if he came across something interesting in the future, he, at the very least, wouldn't have to simply watch the opportunity float away.

''Not Bad,'' Ryu thought to himself.

Storing the inheritance away in his mind, Ryu looked up toward the Dao Lord's glass orb.