Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

Chapter 2057 Wasn't That?

Ryu roared... or rather, his soul remnant did, its will imposing itself onto the world and the skies began to rumble with a more and more furious might.

CHII! CHII! CHII!

Bones continuously formed and collapsed, white gold interweaving with crystal and a gorgeous blue.

However, even before they could fully form, Ryu's intent flared and he spoke out again.

"Boundless Cosmos... Come."

For the first time, Ryu roared out in pain, the last wisps of his soul truly trembling as though it might be wiped out of existence at any time.

His wives looked from the side, wanting to help but being unable to do anything. Quite frankly, it was difficult to even find a place to stand in the entirety of the world right. now. It felt like every location was being overwhelmed by Ryu's Tribulation. In fact, if one took a step outside of the world, it would be possible to see that the Tribulation Clouds had grown so large that they swallowed up more than just the entire world but had encroached onto the entire quadrant, connecting with the Heavens of other Worlds and descending with a furious sort of might.

However, every time that the Heavens wanted to strike, Ryu would do something else to piss it off, and it would feel the need to gather up even more power.

This was a Tribulation the likes of which one simply wasn't meant to survive. But Ryu kept pushing it as though he could sense this at all.

He wanted to fuse ten Bone Structures into one, all while using the weakest of them all as a Foundation...

It simply didn't make any logical sense.

And yet...

BANG!

The first bolt fell from the skies, crashing right into Ryu's eyes.

After their mutation, Ryu's eyes had simply been indestructible. However, after this one strike, bits and pieces of them became charred.

BANG!

A second bolt descended, even more concentrated than the last.

Compared to the first bolt that Ryu had suffered through, one thicker than even a mountain range, these weren't even as thick as a finger...

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But that made them even more shocking... because it meant all of their power was concentrated into a single point.

CHII!

Cracks began to appear across Ryu's eyes. Sprinkling shards of lightning entered and lashed out against his soul, causing his howls to pierce the skies.

The world quaked as another spark fell, and then another, and then another.

Ryu was continuously bombarded, the structural integrity of his eyes failing so much that even his Inner World began to suffer.

Tribulation Lightning appeared within as though the Heavens were telling him he didn't have a right to have a world of his own... as though it was informing him that there was nothing beneath its skies that could escape its control.

"Except for me."

Ryu's voice was exceptionally calm, an odd occurrence to be sure. After all, his screams were still echoing, so how could he also be speaking so calmly at the same time?

The cry of a Phoenix echoed across the skies and the White Phoenix that seemed to have disappeared earlier returned.

White Runes appeared around the outline of Ryu's body, taking the shape of what remained of his collapsing bones and muscle fibers.

"Come!"

Ryu roared these words out once again, but this time he didn't attach a name to it. When it was time for the world to know the name, they would.

However, his soul did resonate and the booming words he wanted to say but didn't seemed to echo through the Heavens themselves.

And at that moment, the Tribulation Clouds above were almost forcefully dispersed. SHIIIIIN! FA!

All of a sudden, it was as though Ryu had suddenly ripped through a barrier. His bones all formed at once, forging a resplendent skeleton that stood in the skies with a pair of piercing eyes forming its core.

However, this skeleton... it didn't just have a slit for two eyes...

It had three.

A third opening formed atop Ryu's head and the foggy energy centralized itself there. If one looked closely, it would be possible to feel that this bundle of energy was the very same energy that could be found in the Boundless Cosmos Fog, the sort of Primordial ancient weight and heft that could only be found at the beginning of theNôv(el)B\\jnn

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The skeleton opened its arms to the skies as the next bolt of lightning fell. But, this time...

SHUU!

The third eye pulsed and the lightning was sucked inside.

Ryu's bones began to gain a reflective glow to them. At first, they were extraordinarily simple-well, as simple as you could look as a set of bones carved from diamonds. But slowly, they only became more complex.

Sparks of lightning flew and became like the strokes of Ryu's pen. Ancient Runes carved themselves into being, and with every bolt of lightning Ryu's third eye

accepted, it seemed to take more solid shape and form as well.

The eyes were the window to the soul... Ryu had thought about this a lot, but he had never really thought of a way to maximize it until the connection between his eyes and his soul birthed his new Soul Natures.

So, he made a decision.

Space and Time weren't well-suited to his eyes, which was why they only evolved after he gained his Fate and Karma Soul Natures.

He had noticed only after this just how much different this added compatibility made things. It was like he had unlocked a whole other level of his eyes, but by extension, his Soul Nature itself was also several times more powerful.

So, he had already decided...

That he would form a new path more compatible with his Spacetime Soul Nature.

Right now, he had no ability to complete it. But he could easily cheat.

With his Mysteries of Heaven and Earth Pupils as a foundation, his Boundless Cosmos Fog as a primer, and the rage of the Heavens as a spark...

He would ignite the flame to start it all.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Ryu stood beneath the skies with his arms opened wide and his aura blazing.

The Tribulation above him continued to send increasingly thick bolts down from the skies, but he forcefully absorbed them with his third eye every time. Every time he did so, the Heavens would grow more enraged and enlarge themselves, but Ryu would continue to absorb the bolts nonetheless...

The Nine Revolution Skybreaker Runes being etched onto his bones melded with the Lightning Qilin Blood sinking deep into his marrow, and his Storm Talent, Lightning God Talent, and Lightning Seed Talents all took shape at a single time.

It took a lot more than usual. Ryu remembered days where he would almost carelessly deal with Tribulations. But it seemed that nowadays, he was starting to piss the Heavens off more and more...

Good.

BOOM!

Muscle fibers erupted out of Ryu's body like tendrils of light. They wrapped around his bones and snapped into place with their tendons. The tendons themselves were akin to wound steel wires, connecting so strongly that the Ice Jade Crystal Body Ryu had initially had would have crumbled to ash beneath the pressure.

Just before the muscle fibers took shape around Ryu's chest, one could see his organs shining with a resplendent light. Their spirituality trembled with a heavenly cadence and erupted with bright beams that were instantly swallowed up by Ryu's muscles. Nerves, blood vessels, and sinew all took shape before Ryu's skin began to form.

Ryu took a breath that seemed to suck all the air from the world. The power in his body sounded like crashing waves, the rushing of his blood echoing like the roars of Dragons and the fierce stomps of Qilin.

Veins bulged across his body and seemed for a moment like the pressure might be too

much, but then...

It all just settled down, silently and softly...

The third eye of swirling fog and flashing lightning in the middle of Ryu's forehead slowly closed, leaving nothing but an incredibly fine line of flickering black-silver. His hair began to grow out once again, striding out so long from his scalp that it fell

lower than even the small of his back.

And then, two tattoos appeared on his forearms once again, one for his golden great swordstaff and the other for his black one.

Ryu took another breath and the Tribulation clouds above shuddered and shook,

nearly whining and twisting out of the way.

Looking down at his hands, Ryu couldn't help but wonder just how much power was

concentrated into his body right now.

QIIIIIIIIII! The White Phoenix did a loop around the skies before diving into Ryu.

White-gold runes erupted across his skin before settling down into a comfortable

silence and vanishing as though sinking into his flesh.

Ryu felt at peace and the world settled down...

If for nothing but for a moment.

After all... were the Heavens not still infuriated?

But this time, it seemed that he had triggered something far beyond a normal

Tribulation.

A gate appeared high in the skies, majestic and golden, ancient and primordial,

carrying with it the etchings of battles long past and stories long forgotten...

Ryu's gaze couldn't help but flicker when he saw it. Wasn't that his Heaven's Gate?