Grand Ancestral Bloodlines
Chapter 2216: Own Making

Solara felt as though all her blows against Ryu had suddenly been refocused onto her. She hadn't even noticed that Ryu was using [Fate Reversal] continuously, using the Space aspects of his incomplete third eye to fuse it into his [A God's Brush] technique.

It still didn't make sense to Solara. Ryu shouldn't even have the ability to cast such a skill, not when his body was in its current state. Nothing was adding up right, and it made her feel as though she was trapped in a world that didn't make sense…

A world of Ryu's own making.

As her own blows landed on her again and again, shattering her down to her very being, she realized that there was a darkness in the skies that hadn't been there.

'He didn't use his qi to build this world…'

The realization slowly hit her.

Just what were those flames? No, were they even flames in the first place? Just what was it? It didn't make any sense.

The moment she saw it, she thought that she was certain of what it was.

The manifestation of a Heart Demon.

It wasn't exactly something common. That was because while Heart Demons were fairly common themselves, the manifestation of one required the collapse of a Dao Heart that had already reached a shocking level.

It was commendable that Ryu had a Dao Heart of that level, but it was far less commendable that he had allowed a Dao Heart to eat him alive.

He didn't even seem human, and honestly speaking, a large part of the reason she had no interest in fighting him anymore wasn't just because he was so much weaker than she was, but because why should she waste her time fighting a Heart Demon?

Most Heart Demons could never improve after they took over their host body. And even in the case that they could, it would take them a while to get used to their new bodies and find a method of cultivation that worked for them.

Ryu's Heart Demon probably could do so. After all, it had the support of the Mysteries of Heaven and Earth Pupils. This was why she had let it live initially—maybe in the future it could be a worthy opponent.

But right this moment? No. It shouldn't be capable of that just yet.

So how had it already found a completely new way to cast Qi Realm Techniques? How had it cast a Qi Realm Technique without using qi?!

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

Solara coughed up mouthfuls of blood, feeling her bones shatter and her inner organs rupture one after another. She couldn't even begin to fight back.

In that moment, she seemed to realize how others felt when they were fighting her. Controlling the Dome of the Heavens, the qi, the laws, its runes, and their formations.

It was like she was watching the birth of a true god.

She knew that it was just a technique, one that she somewhat even understood the concepts of. If it had been formed of qi, she would have already grasped it entirely.

Contrary to what was happening right now… she was a genius…

'Oh…'

That was when the last piece of the puzzle fell into place.

Her chains… some of them truly had been real. In fact, it was because they were real that she had accidentally allowed such a thing to happen.

Analyzing the strongest state of her Divine Chains, especially while they ran through his body, constantly pouring their laws into him, was precisely what Ryu needed to complete the last leg of his comprehension.

It sounded nice to rewrite the laws of the world into your own liking. It was an entirely different matter to actually understand how to do so.

Someone might want to create a master painting, but did they even know where to start? They saw an array of colors, but how would you layer simpler colors to create it?

Ryu wanted to be his own Heavens, but after nurturing his own Inner World for so long, he knew just how difficult and nigh impossible it was.

However…

Sealing had always been the opposite side of the coin to Formations, and Solara's Divine Chains had grown to the point that her Dao passively suppressed everything it came into contact with.

If you wanted to Seal something, you had to understand its ins and outs, its strengths, its weaknesses…

All Ryu had to do was allow it to Seal his Inner World…

And then counter it.

Every time he countered it, the Seal would change, and he would adjust it, making his Inner World stronger, and stronger, and stronger…

Until Solara no longer had the method to suppress it.

At that moment, he unleashed everything she had levied at him in a torrential rain of blows, shattering her in body and spirit.

By the time the last blow landed, she was a mess of blood and flesh on the ground, barely breathing out shallow huffs that moved her chest only just the slightest bit.

Ryu stood, huffing out his own breaths, but they sounded far more akin to the growls of a beast. Layered in menacing battle intent, his every inhale and exhale came with howling winds, the sudden and continuous reversals of the flow of air causing violent vortexes to form continuously.

Solara coughed. "I admit…" she said softly, "… that you are strong… it's… unfortunate that… you've lost… yourself…"

She began to slowly stand, pushing herself up. When her body was too weak to continue, chains manifested, some wrapping around her, and others piercing right into her own body in a ghastly sight.

She replaced her broken bones with her own chains just so that she could stand.

There was a pumping determination in the depths of her heart. This battle, she refused to lose.

How dare he… how dare he look down on her in disappointment? That was something only she could do to others.

Her eyes sharpened, her Heavenly Pupils sparking with life as her Dao descended from the skies in full force.

"I won't lose to someone who succumbed to their own weakness."

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