Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

Ryu's consciousness went blurry and he was almost kicked out of his own Spiritual Foundation.

The white bird... no, the White Phoenix, the only name that seemed to do it justice, snapped through its final restrictions all at once, unfurling its wings and displaying its might to the world for the very first time.

Large amounts of qi flooded toward it from Ryu Meridians, and ultimately from the outside world. Ryu realized almost immediately that his cultivation speed had sky rocketed, or so he thought. He hadn't actually tested to see what his new speed was with his Heavenly Chaos Bone Structure as his original Bone Structure had boosted his cultivation speed as well. But now, with so much qi flooding into his mouth, nose and pores all at once, he felt that the difference was night and day.

Much of this qi was greedily taken in by the White Phoenix that soared across his Spiritual Foundation, taking in the surrounding 40 kilometers with great enthusiasm. Despite being a newborn, it did seem to struggle with flight in the slightest, zipping around with a speed that made it look as though it was blinking through space.

Ryu was quite mesmerized. The creature was far too beautiful, it didn't feel like something human eyes should be allowed to see.

It wasn't until Ryu realized the commotion the newborn was causing in the outside world that he hurriedly communicated with it to calm down and stop. Surprisingly, the little one was very obedient. Almost the moment Ryu called for it, it flapped its majestic wings once and appeared before him.

Despite being a newborn, the White Phoenix towered over Ryu, standing at twice his height.

Even so, the little one lowered its long, majestic neck, nudging at Ryu's consciousness as though it wanted a pat on the head.

Ryu sighed internally, reaching out and stroking its soft crown feathers to its delicate purs. He realized now that he had thought too much. The reason he had felt such a want to protect this little one before wasn't because it was scheming, or even because it had the strength to impact his psyche, it was more so that this little one was truly that innocent.

Its mind was a complete blank slate and all it knew was that it liked Ryu, nothing more, nothing less. It didn't even have complex thoughts, it just wanted Ryu to pet it and it wanted to absorb qi, that was all.

Living Spiritual Foundations were akin to Life Partners. They had both incorporeal and corporeal existences and Ryu could summon it to the Real Plane so long as he chose to.

This was actually one of the fundamental advantages of a Living Spiritual Foundation. One had to remember that the Spiritual Foundation was exactly that, the foundation of cultivation. Without it, one could not cultivate and it was the basis for communication with the Heavens.

Summoning a Living Spiritual Foundation was akin to summoning Immortal Rings... if those Immortal Rings were on the greatest steroids known to man. It was almost impossible to compare them in anything other than function, because a Living Spiritual Foundation was so far beyond.

No matter how weak a Living Spiritual Foundation, it would always have this absolute strength. When it came to wielding and controlling atmospheric qi, none could match them.

Outside of this, though, it was difficult to tell what other abilities a Living Spiritual Foundation would have.

Because the creatures of Living Spiritual Foundation would have never before appeared before, such Spiritual Foundations would likewise be one of a kind and have little to no records of them. Considering that was added to the fact the history of the Phoenix Sky God was so obscured and blurry, and Ryu truly had no one else to rely on but himself.

All things considered, this wasn't too bad.

Of all his talents, the one thing that couldn't be stolen was his Spiritual Foundation, so Ryu could show it off as he pleased... not that it would make too much of a difference, there were plenty of other things people wanted to kill him for.

"Why don't you tell me your abilities?" Ryu asked.

The White Phoenix, who was enjoying Ryu's petting, blinked its large crystal eyes, tilting its head to the side in what looked to be confusion.

Ryu sighed. Yeah, that was about the response he expected.

The other thing that separated real beasts and the unique beasts of Spiritual Foundations was that Living Spiritual Foundations had little to no intelligence whatsoever, they were more like true beasts, forces of nature, if you will. The only reason Ryu had been partially worried about its motives wasn't because of the creature itself, but rather because of what influence the Phoenix Sky God might have had on it.

Beyond that, Living Spiritual Foundations couldn't really die either. Even if Ryu summoned it and some bastard blew it to bits, it was only a function of time until it appeared again. Though, such a thing would harm Ryu's ability to cultivate until it was repaired.

Hust when Ryu was about to leave the little one to its own, it suddenly raised a claw. It had paused with its head tilted for a very long time before it made this move.

It's sharp claw glistened with a fierceness that could make even the greatest sword blacksmith open their eyes wide in shock. Then, it tapped at the air.

Ryu's pupils constricted as a flood of what he could only describe as white Heavenly Phoenix Patterns appeared, spreading out quickly.

For a long while, Ryu remained silent.

The Dark Phoenix Patterns were the ultimate attack, Ice Phoenix Patterns were the ultimate defense, while he could use the Emperor Phoenix Patterns to create, even shifting into the form of a true Phoenix if he wanted to.

But these white Patterns... These gorgeous white Patterns that left him in an absolute trance...

Why did they remind him of the Unbalance Mantra so much?