Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

When Ryu looked up, the geniuses subconsciously turned away. Even they didn't realize why they had done it, but what was certain was that the moment they did, they felt their hearts sink as though they had lost something forever.

At that moment, the tower doors opened once again, and Mae and Aantha stepped out.

Before Ryu could say anything, however, everything shifted. Under the shocked realization of everyone present, the Heavenly Path was closing.

Ryu realized this as well, and he felt a hint of lament. Before he had been forced to run to the diamond city, he had sensed the remnants of a Dao Lord's Inheritance. Of course, this wasn't the inheritance of the Chaotic Space Dao Sovereign, but rather the inheritance of the Dao Lord that had originally descended first only to find their glass orb shattered by the Dao Sovereign.

Ryu had wanted to see if there was anything he could still scrounge up from that inheritance, but it seemed that he had lost his chance.

He shook his head. Although he could have abandoned Mae and Aantha and simply gone to get it, he wouldn't be himself anymore if he did that. There was no Dao Lord Inheritance worth his dignity in Ryu's eyes, and especially not his woman's happiness. Even before Mae had made such a sacrifice for him he would have felt that same way, that was simply just the sort of responsibility a man should take upon himself, let alone now that she had done such a thing for him.

'We're just not fated,' Ryu let it drift from his mind as his body vanished.

When Ryu appeared once again, he found himself in a room of white. He wasn't too surprised by this, this place should be where rewards were exchanged, although he wasn't sure if that would still be possible considering the fact the ancient cube had shattered, the fact that he had been sent here gave a small light of hope, at least.

Ryu wouldn't feel too bad about it if he didn't get this chance, he felt that his gains this time were quite tremendous. But then again, his greatest gain was snatching something that should have been his to begin with, so maybe they weren't as great as he thought.

Regardless, just the inheritances of the Shadowlight, Favor Alchemy and Magus Sky Gods were worth their weight in Qi Stones. The Puppet Mimicry Sky God wasn't too bad either. Though, Ryu's favorite was definitely the Nine Pillar Sky God's inheritance.

Ryu looked down at his body, wondering what that mysterious energy from before was. But since he couldn't seem to sense it and was still a bit worried about his Focus Qi, he decided to leave it be for now and he continued to walk forward until he found himself in a grand

All around him, weapons, treasures and armors of all shapes and sizes could be found. What astonished Ryu, though, was that these were all Origin Grade treasures without a doubt. No, that was his experience from Sacrum talking... Here, they called them God Treasures, and they were the treasures predominantly used by Sky Gods.

Much like in Sacrum, Origin Grade, or rather God Treasures could be used by everyone, much like techniques of that grade. The main difference here was, though, that the power of the treasure would grow along with the user until it reached a peak.

A flood of light rushed through and an ancient voice echoed.

"Ryu Tatsuya. Highest Honors. All God Treasures unsealed. You may pick three."

Ryu raised an eyebrow. From his understanding, you were supposed to exchange your Heavenly Favor for these God Treasures, but this voice just directly told him to pick three. While this seemed nice as he didn't have to worry about the price, Ryu had a feeling that he was being artificially capped and shafted.

He could see the number of Heavenly Favor he had gathered, but he was sure that it was a lot. A hell of a lot. If there wasn't such a cap, he felt that he should be able to exchange for any treasure he wanted and more than just three at that.

However, these thoughts of Ryu's didn't last for long.

He stopped along a line of Fragmented God Treasures and when he looked at the price, his lip twitched. They alone ranged from dozens of Gold Heavenly Favor to hundreds. By the time you went up to False God Treasures, some already required Rainbow Heavenly Favor.

At that point, Ryu took back all of his complaints. If this trend continued, if he could exchange with his Heavenly Favor, he might be able to buy one Perfect God Treasure at best. Although this would still be enough to be incredibly proud of, it definitely wasn't as good as being able to choose any three he wanted.

Ryu continued to walk forward until he reached near the end of the hall. The highest grade treasures in this place were Omniscient God Treasures and just from the auras they gave off, despite being his behind glass cases, was enough to shock him. If not for his mental fortitude and strong Dao Heart, just walking to this location would have been impossible.

Since he had been given such rewards, it was foolish of him to not check what the strongest treasures here had to offer first, or else he would be selling himself short.

Despite not even seeing the lineup yet, Ryu was certain that at least one of his treasures had to be an escape treasure.

All of these geniuses had methods of escaping death and he was absolutely certain that none of these methods were at the standard of an Omniscient God Treasure. If they could escape with lesser means, Ryu didn't believe that he could preserve his life a few times with these treasures.

He wasn't sure if a God Treasure controlled by a Dao Pedestal Realm expert could help him escape from Sky Gods, but he would have to at least try his best.

Though he thought this, Ryu wasn't too optimistic.

'Hm?"

Ryu's brows jumped before a wide grin spread across his face. It seemed that he was more lucky than he thought. He had never seen such a treasure that be more perfectly tailored for a person.

As Ryu was grinning, he didn't notice a subtle pulse of energy flash within him.