Grand Ancestral Bloodlines Chapter 2153

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Ryu was truly shocked by what he was feeling. In that moment, it was as though he had grasped the very essence of life itself, and he breathed it into existence.

These trees had their growth accelerated by thousands of years in a single breath, the air responded to him with a mother’s warmth and there was a gentle caressing that soothed his soul. But…

Ryu felt that there was something off.

‘This… is not natural…’

Ryu could feel that he was pulling from something, a potential lingering deep within not himself, but the world itself.

The more he used this strength, the more the world around him would suffer for it until it reached a point where the world would die.

There was a reason why this sort of strength wasn’t handed out by the Heavens. If not for the fact Ryu had undergone a shocking mutation, and a series of coincidences allowed him to reach this step, he wouldn’t be able to do much other than just watch his Embryonic Qi sit and rot within his body—outside of its healing capabilities, of course.

But now, with the power at Ryu’s fingertips, he felt like he could strip a world of its future potential for the sake of immediate benefits, like he was shifting the Fate it had to play with and taking it for himself.

This was… a shocking amount of power.

Ryu could feel this drain so clearly despite the fact it was just the simplest circulation pattern of his Meridians. With it, he could expel a great amount of life and healing injury, not only benefitting allies without having to pass out droplets of Embryonic Qi, but also accelerating the growth of plants and wildlife like he had just now.

And yet, the results were so shocking.

‘How many years of lifespan did I cut off from the world? A few seconds, maybe?’

This didn’t sound like a lot, but this was an entire world. It was able to birth millions of lives every hour, sustaining them and nurturing them. For such a world to lose seconds off of its lifespan for such a weak technique with middling results by comparison…

Ryu couldn’t help but feel hesitant.

Was this something that he should be doing? This sort of power was very dangerous. And if others knew he had it… well, if in the past he had once been worried about others coming after his Chaotic Silk Meridians, this situation would make those potential ones feel like a complete and utter joke.

Ryu didn’t doubt for a second that even the Phoenix Sky God would drop everything to come after him for such an ability. And he didn’t even know if he could blame them for it.

Looking to the skies, Ryu couldn’t help but let out a chuckle.

Did he fear these people? No.

Was he worried about the Fate of the World? Not really.

But if he used this power with too much impunity, let alone the fact the Heavens would definitely start breaking its rules to come after him, where would he and his family live?

Would he just destroy the world and then confine them to his Inner World for the rest of their days?

‘Interesting, interesting.’

Despite the thoughts he was having, Ryu wasn’t actually worried. This was more power, who would turn their nose up at that?

In addition, this was also likely a problem of just how unrefined the technique had been. Ryu would certainly be able to button it up more and lower the cost to the world. But there was still no doubt that as he refined more powerful techniques, the price to pay would only grow steeper.

It was just something he felt that he needed to keep in mind, or else this sort of power… it could truly destroy the fabric of Existence itself.

Ryu smiled. ‘Oh look at that… maybe I won’t have to be so worried about Focus Qi anymore after all…’

As Ryu strolled through the skies, practically beckoning more to come and try and take his life, he began to study these Meridians of his more earnestly. Of course, he had already memorized them long ago, but the formation patterns of one’s Meridians were just one aspect of the calculations.

Obviously, circulating different qis even through the same pattern would result in different effects. Right now, Ryu was no longer using Embryonic Qi, but rather the Quasi Embryonic Qi he had catalyzed from it.

The results were tweaking his perception of his Meridians bit by bit, and after so long… he finally found what he was looking for.

A method to replenish Focus Qi.

Ryu already had such a method, it was the circulation method he had learned from the Prayer Mat. But it was far too slow and it couldn’t keep up with him.

It had probably taken its creator a great deal of effort to make it to that point, but in Ryu’s eyes… it was only a crude method.

Especially after he saw the method that was baked into his Embryonic Qi.

‘Fascinating…’

Ryu was completely lost in thought as though he had forgotten that he was in the middle of a battle. What he didn’t know—or more accurately, didn’t care to know—was that he was being watched.

Projections of the event had already been spread far and wide. Usually, these projections would only occur within a single world, but with the Title Stele event encompassing so many now, it was only natural that this change.

Ryu’s dominance was clearly displayed, but what caught the attention of most wasn’t this… but rather the oddity of his placement.

Logically speaking, Ryu shouldn’t have been running into such big shots so quickly, not with his level of talent.

But first there was the Dragonling, and now…

Young Mistress Nightly walked through the forest slowly, a scythe in hand… her twin pair of wings shone with a ruby light as the sun set.