1257 Unwilling
Ryu's gaze flickered as he immediately began to make some calculations.
He would need quite a bit of things to succeed in this matter, but the foundation of it all, he had already decided, would be by his self-created Alloys.
Heavenly Favor had become useless to Ryu as he now had Essence. As a result, recultivating only required him to communicate with his Beyond Perfect Extreme Spiritual Foundation. Essence, as the strongest qi there was, was perfect for filling in the imperfections of his foundation, making his every step perfect. Embryonic Qi only made it easier.
However, this didn't mean that his methods were useless. In fact, they had opened up a whole new world to Ryu.
If the Favor Alchemy Sky God's magnum opus were the Heavenly Favor, then Ryu was currently building up to his own using the [Refinement Sutra].
In order to undergo Life Destructions, one not only needed sufficient attainments and mental fortitude, but it was also important to prepare a large amount of natural resources. During this progress, the resources were to nurture one's body and help the process along. If one had sufficient resources, one's Life Destruction could be made countless times easier.
Ryu had an idea at that moment. He wondered what kind of results he would gain if he absorbed his self-created alloys.
This matter wouldn't be as easy as he made it sound. In order for the alloys to be of use to him, they would have to be at the standard of his current body. Ryu was at the entrance of the Nine Life Revolutions Realm right now, and he was comparable to a person who had undergone one Life Destruction already. That meant he would need an alloy at the equivalent of the World Sea Realm to cross that barrier and complete his first Life Destruction.
But that was only the bare minimum requirement. It had to be remembered that he would be undergoing the equivalent of nine at once. That meant he didn't just need an alloy comparable to the World Sea Realm, he needed one that was near the best of what the World Sea Realm could provide.
Essentially, to put it simply, he needed to forge a top tier Pinnacle Ancestral Grade Alloy.
Such a thing, even for Ryu, wasn't simple. His skill still wasn't there yet.
He would first need to bring his soul up to his current standard. Then he would need to plan and strategize quite a bit. Even after all that was done, he wasn't guaranteed to succeed. By the very nature of these alloys, they were at the very edge of his capabilities. He was really stretching himself thin, but it was very much necessary.
If there was any shortcut to strengthening his talent, it was this.
Of course, his alloys would only be one aspect, he still needed to gather a great deal of other materials. This should be the relatively easier task since Aika had agreed to help him with such matters, he just needed to get to the Fifth Heaven first.
Suddenly, Ryu's gaze flashed.
BANG!
His aura flourished and his presence soared. At that moment, his Bloodlines and Bone Structure entered the Transcended Grade, but he could already feel his body creaking and whining.
It seemed that forcing his Bone Structure to improve in order to continue balancing his Bloodlines was putting a great strain on him, but this was the only method he had. His Bone Structure would eventually give way if this continued, but Ryu had already found his solution.
So long as he had an option to change his Fate, nothing else mattered.
Ryu slowly rose to his feet. His skin sparkled, golden molten liquid sliding down his body as it emitted its own line. His hair danced like fine crystalline filaments, seemingly unaffected by the heat. He felt like his body was brimming with power.
With a flip of his palm, Ryu popped the last Soul Nourishing Runed Pill he had formed. A large amount of Spiritual Qi flooded his Spiritual Sea, its borders expanding again and again. This time, not a single ounce of it leaked. With the strengthening of his body, his soul had so much room to grow that it seemed that even a Runed Pill wasn't enough to satisfy it.
Ryu's gaze narrowed. It seemed he would probably need about three more to satisfy his Spiritual Sea, but it had already grown to almost double its original size. Before he had already been able to match up to World Sea Realm experts of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Heaven in terms of Mental Realm capacity, but now he had firmly surpassed them, rivaling Seventh Heaven Mental Realm geniuses.
Unfortunately, he didn't have the materials here, but they were easy enough to gather. Even a small city would have what he needed.
With a step, Ryu rose out of the pool of lava, but he didn't leave immediately.
This pool was obviously a great treasure, capable of tempering him while he wasn't even aware. Obviously, it would require suffering quite a bit to benefit from it, so not everyone would have the fortitude necessary. And, of course, there was the elephant in the room that stepping into the pool was like putting a target on the back of your head. At any time, you could be found out like Isemeine and Eska and end up hunted for the rest of your life.
Ryu, unfortunately, didn't have an easy method to take it away, and it didn't seem like brute strength and time would do it either, otherwise it might be worth it. He could tell with a glance that this place would definitely try to resist him if he attempted to take the pool away.
This pool was the last hope of the Nine Pillar Flame Sect. They probably wouldn't put all their eggs in one basket, they might even hope that in the future another Ryu would appear and take it on.
However, Ryu didn't want to give up so easily. He could imagine how greatly his beast companions would benefit from this sort of path...
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