Grand Ancestral Bloodlines
Chapter 2214: Again

Ryu sensed it maybe even before Solara did. There wasn't just a single seal on her body that had been undone just now, but two… and the second of them had been placed on her eyes alone.

Emperor Pupils.

But they weren't normal Emperor Pupils, just the same way his Mysteries of Heaven and Earth Pupils had long stopped being normal as well.

The Fifth Ranked Heavenly Pupils on Sacrum, a pair of eyes known for their lofty might. But honestly speaking… Ryu had always thought them to just be an inferior version of the number Two Rank World Pupils.

Emperor Pupils were akin to World Pupils, but far more narrowed in scope and focus. World Pupils could manage and control the world, while Emperor Pupils targeted the minds of people, controlled the masses, and wielded puppets.

If you were clever enough with World Pupils, and talented enough, you could certainly do the same. Though, this was just Ryu being nitpicky, honestly speaking.

The characteristics of the two were very distinct, and saying that they were the same was akin to saying that the two halves of Ryu's Dao were the same just because one could see through the world and the other saw through people.

That said, there was still a reason the Emperor Pupils were ranked beneath the World Pupils.

All things considered—aside from Ryu's own bias and pettiness—the Emperor Pupils had their own merits and carried with them a shocking amount of power.

Its most fundamental ability was known as [Emperor's Crown]. It allowed its user to force others into submission.

Its second most important ability was [Emperor's Scepter]. It allowed its user to use those that it had forced into submission as Fate farms to strengthen themselves.

These two abilities alone were enough for a wielder of these Pupils to rule worlds, overturn oceans, and conquer laws.

The speed of cultivation because of these two alone was mind-boggling. If an Emperor Pupil wielder had the support of powerful cultivators, they could probably reach the Sky God Realm in a single day as an infant without the slightest hint of impurities or lingering dangers remaining.

And that was because with [Emperor's Scepter], it wasn't just the Fate of one's subjects that they could take advantage of, but their comprehension as well.

That meant that if you could force a Sky God or multiple Sky Gods into submission before even reaching that realm, then you could use their insights to form your own unique Dao.

Therein probably lay the real reason Ryu had always been disdainful of these Pupils. It wasn't that they were truly just inferior forms of the World Pupils; they were truly their own distinct existence…

It was that they couldn't even be considered true cultivation anymore. Everything could be handed to you on a silver platter if you were lucky enough, and in his first life, Ryu wondered why he had been born with the First Ranked Heavenly Pupils instead of these Fifth ranked ones.

With them, he could think of a hundred different ways to cultivate even without a Spiritual Foundation.

And that sort of weakness… he absolutely hated it.

A growl came from Ryu as he recognized the Pupils.

There might be some sort of relationship and friction between the War God and Mysteries of Heaven and Earth Pupils, but he could hardly give a damn. He didn't even spare the likes of Young Master Bright a thought.

However, these Pupils… he hated them because of no one else but himself.

And that was enough for him to rampage. He didn't even care what sort of mutation Solara had successfully formed from them.

All he wanted was to feel them in his palms as he crushed them.

He stomped a foot and shot forward.

Solara still seemed to be in half a daze. But this time, when Ryu's fist approached her, it stopped a full six inches away.

She looked up, shaking her head.

"It seems that… maybe my grandfather was right," Solara said softly.

Right now, she didn't even want to be here anymore. As far as she was concerned, she had already lost.

Thinking about what her goal here was, and what she had to do, her gaze flickered. But then she shook her head again.

"Maybe another time…"

She didn't care about what goals the Martial Gods had. They could figure it out on their own.

She turned and then vanished.

Ryu's fist suddenly continued forward, shattering through a rain of space as though it were crumbling glass.

But Solara was already gone. His knuckles passed through nothing at all.

Ryu felt confusion for a moment, and then rage.

He raised his hands.

…

Solara crossed through the emptiness of space and then suddenly came to a stop. A figure had appeared before her.

"Girl, this isn't the plan."

"I don't feel like it anymore, grandpa," Solara said softly.

The old man opened his mouth and then slowly closed it, shaking his head with a sigh.

"Fine, fine. Maybe I've allowed you to be too willful in the past."

Solara was still looking forward, but it was almost as though she was looking through her grandfather instead of at him. Her mind wasn't focused at all.

"It should still be fine," the old man said after a while. "But whether you can make it through this will be up to you alone. Your heart can only be decided by yourself. If you had chosen to leave out of fear, I would stop you. But you are leaving because you have already accepted your loss and feel that there is no point in fighting in your fully powered state as it will make things meaningless. I can accept this.

"You were not ready to face the Nameless Immortal God. It was my mistake for allowing it so early. It is impossible to fathom how strong a Dao Heart like his is when you have never faced an opponent that was your equal. Now, however… you have. What you choose to do with that—."

The old man's gaze suddenly became malevolent.

"WHO?!"

He tried to act but he couldn't. He could feel that the Title Stele would blast him to pieces if he did.

Space twisted around Solara and her vision blurred. By the time she reacted to the scene around her again, a fist had already slammed into her nose…

Again.

BANG!

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