Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

Chapter 2076 Willing

Ryu settled down.

The more he thought about it, the more it made sense for an expert of Little Gem's caliber to have these sorts of treasures on her person. She had probably thrown away more wealth than Ryu had gathered in his life.

To be a Dao God who had lived for so long just came with that sort of territory. In fact, that was the case even if you were just a normal Dao God, let alone if you were an existence that stood above even more Dao Gods.

Still... this left Ryu a bit confused.

If Little Gem had such free reign, then what had stopped her from coming to Ailsa's side all this time?

Was there some disagreement between Ailsa and Little Gem?

Ryu didn't believe so. He would have seen it in Ailsa's memories. And from what he could tell, their relationship was just fine albeit a little stiff after not seeing one

another in so long.

That meant that there was likely something else stopping Little Gem, and it was most definitely related to someone even more powerful than her.

The Griffin World of this quadrant of Greater Existence was most definitely among the most powerful worlds regardless of location and Dao Ceiling.

Whoever could rule such a world would definitely be an existence that was comparable to Ailsa at the very least.

But therein lied something of interest.

Little Gem was a cursed being. The fact she had managed to break that curse should make her unfathomably powerful.

So... was it that Ailsa's potential was still able to suppress and surpass Little Gem's? Or was it that someone had suppressed Little Gem?

Ryu's eyes narrowed.

He was certain that Little Gem was able to talk by now, but the little one hadn't said a single word since returning to his side. There was definitely more to this that she just hadn't gotten to.

And clearly, the reason for that was because Ryu was still too weak.

"Alright." Ryu chuckled, reaching up and stroking Little Gem's fur.

In that case, he would focus on other things first. He still had two men to make suffer particularly horrid deaths.

Ryu lost himself in his work.

The more he practiced Necromancy, the more he realized just how much he liked it. In his first life, the Secondary Professions he picked up were just a means to an end. He wanted to make himself useful and the idea of rotting away on the Shrine Plane every day for the rest of his life was suffocating.

So he had done something about it.

He spent over 90% of his most formative years in the Tatsuya Library, gathering up knowledge about Herbology and Formation Mastery, becoming the best Rune Master on Sacrum.

He couldn't find that love because he had always preferred to do something else. He wanted to be the man swinging a spear and standing above the skies, not some court minister in the background scrounging up what he could through his little schemes and his sharp tongue.

That was why during his second life, for the vast majority of the start of it, he didn't even care to practice with any Secondary Professions at all. He just relied on what knowledge he already had, but he never made a grand effort to sharpen his skills or improve...

It wasn't until after what might even count as his second Rebirth that he began to change a bit. He dabbled more into alchemy, learning what he could about it, and he was forced to refine his skills of other subjects more in the True Martial World because that world was several levels above Sacrum in terms of foundation.

But now... he had settled down even more than that.

He found that refining corpses was like the world forcing him to bring all of his Secondary Profession knowledge together. Alchemy... Formation Mastery... Herbology...

In fact, after he reached a certain point, he realized just how important Blacksmithing would be as well. If he didn't equip them properly with weapons and armors, how would they reach their best potential?

These Corpse Puppets wouldn't be like his Summons. They would only grow based on the resources he put into them and how well he executed his refinements. They were practically like pills in his cauldron. How far they went was dependent on him.

And then there were his Summons who still had their own Dao Hearts and paths of cultivation. If he wanted to maximize them, there might be an argument for not giving them the best weapons possible.

However, he still hadn't decided that with any certainty just yet. But these thoughts allowed Ryu to actually delve into a new form of refinement that left him fascinated. Was it possible to create armors that directly fed into or benefited from one's talents?

Could he use his knowledge of Bloodmancy to form armors? Could he build a helmet for Blue that would allow her to maximize her eyes more? Or maybe deepen her well of Focus Qi? Maybe he could create an armor for Kira that could siphon away Blood Essence on its own and replenish his Vital Qi...

The thoughts and possibilities were endless. And since he was a Throne, he didn't care and used the resources of the Rebirthing Cultus Sect with impunity, jumping from one idea to the next as though he was having more fun than he was doing any serious. cultivation.

There was a broad smile on Ryu's face at some unknown time. He had completely forgotten about everything else as he siphoned his way from idea to idea.

He even wondered if he should go and steal more Shrines from the Fiends to create more powerful weapons. But in the end he decided against it for two reasons.

For one, there was probably a reason Ailsa didn't go all the way in wiping them all out. There were definitely more secrets holding the Fiends together even if they had lost this battle, there was no telling if they had really lost the war.

And second, Ryu didn't have time to set up the sort of scale he would need to refine the False Shrines. It had to be remembered that last time he had to commandeer an entire Domain before he could succeed.

Due to that, that Domain couldn't even be used properly for at least the next few millennia.

For now, he would just have to stick with what he had, and the results weren't bad.

He ended up creating a half dozen armors, three for each of them. On top of that, he created another half dozen weapons.

Well, he created more than that, it was just that he had scrapped the others because they weren't up to par with what he wanted.

'Alright.'

Ryu stood, feeling that he had spent almost too much time on these two Corpse Puppets, and he had neglected his Summons too much.

Between building their armors, and allowing Kira to absorb a great deal of Ancient Beast Blood, and Blue to consume the 13th Ranked Heavenly Pupils, it was about time his Summons got some attention too.

Not long later, Ryu stood before Aria, Hrakka, and Empana.

Aria was still writhing around like an infuriated wild animal. It could only be said that her energy was truly great.

Unfortunately, it wouldn't make much of a difference.

Of them all, Empana was lagging behind the most. He had reverted back to his World Serpent Bloodline, but compared to Hrakka who had been soaking in Embryonic Qi for decades, and Aria who was already a world-shocking talent from the start, it was

clear that he had lagged considerably.

However, comparatively speaking... Empana was also the one among them with the fiercest Dao Heart. And Ryu had an idea for that.

"Empana, it will take you time to catch up to them, normally speaking, that is... but I have an idea for a new cultivation system and you are perfect for it." Empana was taken aback, not quite knowing what to say. If it was anyone else who

was speaking about a new cultivation system, he might look at them as though they

were a fool.

How long had the current system existed for? Who was arrogant enough to say that they had a new method?

"... I am willing." Empana said.

Ryu's gaze sparkled. "Little Gem."

Little Gem lazily yawned and then waved a palm. A strong world energy descended

and Empana found his cultivation being stripped from him layer by layer, piece by piece.

He was stunned.

The amount of people who wanted a chance to recultivate amounted to probably

100% of the population. Who could say that they had taken every step perfectly?

"Stay sharp. Ryu said coldly. "I will now transfer the method to you. Whether you can make it to the very end will be dependent on yourself. You have all the resources in the world here.

"If your Dao Heart is strong, you will thrive. If not, you will fall here!"