Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

1272 How Tragic

This breakthrough had all begun with Ryu's attempt to claim a small piece of this nigh inifinite Infinity Mist for himself, so now that he felt that he could, how could he forget about taking advantage? Now, Ryu could finally clearly see through the distortion of the void, it was entirely unable to harm his comprehension in the slightest.

Ryu found that his eyes were even sharper now than they had been in the past. There was a nice positive feedback loop between his Bone Structure, his Soul Nature and his eyes. In fact, there was also the included benefit of the blood vessels running through his eyes as well.

Whenever Ryu pushed his eyes past their normal limits in the past, they would begin to bleed. This made quite a lot of sense as the blood vessels in the eyes also happened to be some of the most sensitive. But, now that his eyes had become maybe the sturdiest part of his body, it was highly unlikely for this to happen.

That said, this wasn't the most important part of his new discovery. In the past, his Bloodline had almost no effect on his visual prowess despite running through this eyes. Even now, they didn't, and that was of course because none of his Bloodlines had any sort of eye talents, at least not any that he had managed to awaken. And even if there were, the likelihood that they could boost anything in his eyes, when they were already so powerful to begin with, was next to nothing.

However, the silvery-grey fog of his Bone Structure, something Ryu had thought to name Cosmos Fog, was different. Just like it fused with his Vital Qi along the rest of his body, so too did it fuse with the blood vessel running in his eyes.

This made Ryu feel as though he could tap into quite a host of eye related abilities, but this was beside the point for now. He had a feeling that he would be learning a lot more about his Bone Structure over time because the impact it had on his body was much larger than even he was aware currently. What was most important was that this Cosmos Fog allowed Ryu's previous ability of seeing through spatial nodes and ripples in time even sharper.

To say that it was sharper didn't do the change quite enough justice. Ryu almost felt as though he was looking at an entirely different world. He could peer into the two dimensional folds of the void when unopened as easily as he could look up into the sky. At the same time, he could watch the distortions in the laws unravel themselves as though it was his own observation forcing them into a straightened position.

He didn't need to put any effort into unwinding these distortions at all, they just naturally presented themselves to him in the simplest light possible.

Just like that, Ryu was able to see the Fundamental Runes of the Infinity Mist in their most vibrant state. It almost felt like he had cracked open a book, and the tale of the unique force of nature before him was laid bare. He could observe its every curve and crevice, his mind feeling completely at ease.

That was when Ryu found something quite interesting. This Infinity mist was actually quite a beautiful feat of chaos, and yet a picture perfect example of order at the same time. It was far more in line with himself than he had guessed, and it was fascinating.

This Infinity Mist had gone so far beyond the normal laws of physics, pushed to the brink and then stepping beyond. It was under so much pressure that rather than becoming solid like it should have, it actually became a gas. How was this not unlike Ryu's own Beyond Perfect Extreme Spiritual Foundation? They almost felt like two peas in a single pod.

Ryu wondered...

A flash of light passed through Ryu's gaze and a pulse of power extended from his eyes. It was a completely novel feeling, different from the effect of the powers he was used to using with his eyes, and yet it still felt so completely natural all the while.

A small whirlpool formed before him and a string of Infinity Mist came forward. At this point, the Infinity Mist should have unleashed itself, first becoming a large block of ice, before quickly drowning Ryu in a tsunami-like wave of water.

But what was especially beautiful was that it had been wrapped in a layer of silvery grey fog, none other than Ryu's Cosmos Fog.

Ryu had realized just now that using his Cosmos Fog, he could change the laws in a small area. By copying the existing Fundamental Runes of the Infinity Mist that he had just witnessed, he could allow it to stay in its default state, its most comfortable state. As a result, the Infinity Mist likely didn't even realize that it had entered the void, it probably felt that it was still floating amidst its own kind.

There didn't seem to be a great application for this at this moment since Ryu could only use this ability on such a small scale and only manipulate a few laws at a time, but he could imagine the kind of effect it would have when he became far stronger. In fact, he might even be able to use it now to completely counter some abilities of his enemies.

Ryu tossed this to the back of his mind for the moment and brought the Infinity Mist forward, and in a feat that would make others feel that he had completely lost his mind... He actually swallowed it!

A stream of silver grey fog and gentle blue mist came forward together, falling into Ryu's mouth and moving down his throat and into his body at a controlled pace.

Ryu's actions could only be said to be completely and entirely reckless. It had to be remembered that just a small piece of Infinity Mist, although it seemed harmless, the moment it didn't feel the insane pressure of billions of miles of ocean pressing down on it, it would explode forth. A small handful of Infinity Mist was probably enough to drown the entire First Heaven, and yet Ryu had allowed that into his body.

But he had a very good reason for this, and that was seeing what his Beyond Perfect Extreme Spiritual Foundation would do if it came into contact with such a thing.

Ryu felt, initially, that his Spiritual Foundation had a copying ability, but he didn't think that this was necessarily true in the ground scheme. It felt like he was missing something.

But then again, his Spiritual Foundation had begun to produce those chains for him, what other ability could it possibly have if not a copy ability?

However, after Ryu's Dao became a Founding Dao, he began to question it. Why would a Spiritual Foundation known for breaking its limits have a copying ability? It might still be possible to deduce if there was a long chain of abilities that could simulate it, but Ryu wasn't familiar enough with his Spiritual Foundation to know this.

In addition, the chains were actually somewhat unique. After all, his Spiritual Foundation had spent almost a billion years restricted by those chains, causing it to be intimately familiar with them. It could be said that his Spiritual Foundation had gained a unique comprehension of its over all this time, thus allowing its replication.

If one thought about the ability of Spiritual Foundations, this wasn't unacceptable.

In the Cosmic Seed Realm, one planted the seeds of one's Godhood in the future. In the World Sea Realm, you grew these seeds and used their roots to shatter your Spiritual Foundation from a solid state into a vast sea, allowing you to finally access the world of energy within it. In the Sky God Realms, this vast energy became the foundation upon which cultivators built up their paths, their worlds, their Godhoods.

This was all to say that all Spiritual Foundation had a "copy" ability. They were able to map onto themselves the Dao of their owner, growing along with them. For Ryu's own Spiritual Foundation to be able to graft onto itself a treasure of such a level wasn't impossible. In fact, it would be more odd if it had been unable to do so. But that didn't mean it had a "copying" ability.

Even so, Ryu felt that there was a line connecting his Spiritual Foundation and this Infinity Mist. While his Spiritual Foundation might not have a copying ability, what it did have was an existence intimately familiar with Infinity Mist. Ryu wanted to see how it would react to its appearance.

Slowly, but surely, Ryu fed the Infinity Mist through his body, using his Cosmos Fog as a layer of protection between it and the rest of him. He knew how much danger he was putting himself in, but his expression had never changed even a single time. Others might find this to be dangerous, but he was exceptionally calm.

Ryu's gaze narrowed as the Infinity Mist crossed the final barrier, entering through the delicate white strands of his second set of Meridians.

Nothing happened, nothing at all. But Ryu realized that this was because his Spiritual Foundation didn't have much of an effect on his Cosmos Fog. though this made sense. His Cosmos Fog didn't follow a path, it was nothing more than a blank slate. There was nothing to push beyond Perfect Extreme.

Ryu's gaze sharpened. It seemed he would have to take a risk after all.

'Don't disappoint me, or else we'll be dying together.'

Although Ryu thought this, he had a mad grin on his face. What a tragedy it would be if he died right after such an enormous breakthrough.

Even so, without the slightest hesitation, Ryu dispersed his Cosmos Fog, unleashing the Infinity Mist.