Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

Chapter 2114  Path Extinction

SHIIIIIIIIIING!

A hiltless blade rose above Ryu, splitting the pillar of blessings falling from above almost in two.

It was only now that the world seemed to shockingly realize that Ryu was actually re-cultivating.

The eyes of several cultivators turned red. Who wouldn't kill for such an opportunity? Who could say that their path of cultivation was entirely without blemish?

However, much the same way a Tribulation couldn't be interfered with, so too could the Blessing process not be interfered with.

After seeing the strength of Ryu's Tribulation, who would dare try to oppose it even if this was probably the best chance to kill Ryu that they would ever have again…

SHIIIIIIIING!

A second blade appeared high in the skies, identical to the first in everything but color.

One blade of dark gold and another of white gold hovered above Ryu's head as his head shone more and more resplendently.

All of the Refined Qi in Ryu's body began to surge upward, filling the blades with a majestic might.

This shocked the spectators all the more. The Spiritual Severing Blades were meant to be forged by the qi in your Meridians. Why did it seem like Ryu's had formed first, and he was only now incorporating his qi? That didn't make any sense.

The Spiritual Severing Realm existed for the sake of strengthening one's connection with one's Spiritual Foundation. One was meant to make one's qi as dense and strong as possible to form a blade and sever the connection between one's Meridians and Spiritual Foundation, and then reforging the connection.

This would allow one to gather more Qi Fumes from one's Spiritual Foundation, using it to temper one's Qi further to strengthen it beyond what Revolutions allowed. Once one reached a certain threshold, this Severing Blade could be formed once again with even stronger qi. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The more Severings one could complete…

The stronger they would be…

But how did Ryu form his Spiritual Severing Blades without qi?

Control.

Chaotic Silk was the third strongest material in existence. By some miracle, Ryu was able to sever his own back then by targeting the closest point of connection between his Spiritual Foundation and Meridians where the Chaotic Silk was thinnest.

But even then… he had ended up using all of his qi to complete the Severing, leaving him with none left to reform the connection.

But now, it was different.

He wouldn't be targeting the weakest point. He would be targeting the strongest points, and he wouldn't just be severing a connection with his Meridians, he would be severing even his Meridians from themselves by cutting out his Heavenly Qi Pulses and strengthening them to the point they were no weaker than Divine Vessels.

At the same time, he would saturate them with his Control even further, and by extension…

Tweak the Spiritual Severing Realm to allow a stronger connection not just between his Meridians and Spiritual Foundation, but also his Meridians and his Realm Heart.

Both of his Spiritual Foundations would gain a much stronger foothold.

SHIIIIIIING!

The blades fell and cut through Ryu's body.

He didn't even flinch in the slightest, his control was simply too perfect.

At that moment, all of his Severings were completed in a single bound.

His body felt empty, his twelve Heavenly Qi Pulses having lost their home, and his two Spiritual Foundations falling into an abyss far away from himself.

However, there was a calmness to Ryu as his body seemed to fall into a dormant state.

TA. TA. TA. TA. TA. TA.

TA. TA. TA. TA. TA. TA.

All at once Ryu's Divine Vessels opened up like flood gates.

Ryu's seemingly ignored Body Realm Pulses and Vessels, as well as his Soul Pulse and Vessel, all resonated at the same time.

The world shuddered.

BOOM!

Ryu's aura exploded forth as qi rolled toward him from all directions.

One connection after another was made, causing one halo after another to appear to his back.

Ryu's Immortal Rings flourished until all 13 were formed.

At that moment, it felt as though all of the qi on the Seventh Heaven had frozen in place, unable to mobilize because their Emperor had appeared.

The moment Ryu had opened his Divine Vessels, he was already invincible beneath the Sky God Realm. He felt untouchable, as though the world's elites didn't have the right to stand before him.

Maybe the Heavenly Courts would have someone worthy. But beneath them?

What right did they have?

However, after entering the Immortal Ring Realm, he felt that he was already capable of slaughtering Sky Gods. Before his Control, they couldn't even hope to manifest their own. His abilities were simply beyond their understanding.

CHI. CHI. CHI.

One after another, Ryu shattered his Immortal Rings, reforging them, only to shatter them again.

The Path Extinction Realm had always been the greatest enigma to Ryu. It was the Realm one had to shatter one's own comprehensions and build them back up again.

However, back in Sacrum, there was no Dao. So this was done with Inheritances instead, understandings of the elements and things of the like.

Even after forming a Dao, though… Ryu felt like this was out of place.

What were we meant to shatter wasn't your Inheritance or your Dao.

You were meant to shatter your Dao Heart. The source of your Control.

CHI. CHI. CHI.

A deathly aura rose around Ryu, but he didn't seem to notice it at all.

He had already experienced the shattering of his Dao Heart once before. If he had been able to maintain his wits then…

Why wouldn't he be able to do it now?

This world was entirely unable to stop his steps.

Maybe in Existence, he was the one person who would dare to take such a step, to dare to shatter their own Dao Heart on purpose.

But he was Ryu Tatsuya… what did he ever have to fear?

He stood on a plain all to himself.

Nothing would stop him.

Not even his own heart.

CHI. CHI. CHI.

BANG!

Ryu's 13 Immortal Rings shattered into a rain of light and the world fell into a deep silence.