1331 Little Silk
Ryu truly hadn't expected this. If he had known, he probably wouldn't have needed to put him in such a dangerous situation by draining his Focus Qi to such an extent and could have just relied on Little Silk instead.
The most shocking part was that Ryu was certain that this was nowhere near Little Silk's strongest attack. As her namesake stated, Little Silk's strongest abilities were in weaving Ice Laws into thin, imperceptible silky lines. That was how the two of them had met in the first place. If not for his Mysteries of Heaven and Earth Pupils, Ryu would have run headlong into this little one's trap and split himself into countless pieces.
But despite not using her strongest attack, Little Silk had taken out a Sky God a level above her with ease.
After some thought, Ryu turned to Mae and asked a question.
"Are there divisions among Sky God Realms?"
Mae blinked in confusion. Her first interpretation of the question had to be incorrect because she didn't believe that Ryu would ask such a stupid question. It was only after a instant that it clicked for her.
"Do you mean within the nine Realms? Yes, each Sky God Realm is divided into four, Lower, Middle, Higher and Peak. Beyond Peak I've heard that some Sky Gods that fail to breakthrough can enter a sort of false state of the next realm and use some of its power. They usually take on the name Quasi."
It clicked for Ryu then. Indeed, all this time, due to his biases from Sacrum, he had treated the Sky God Realms like a pinnacle that was extremely difficult to achieve, he hadn't truly treated them like he should have. The Sky God Realms were just like any other cultivation Realm, of course they had divisions.
He was already having trouble deciphering between Sky God Realms already, so if he had to parse the individual sub Realms as well, it would of course be far more difficult.
That said, if he was correct, then Little Silk was probably closer to the Peak of the False Sky God Realm while this City Lord had been in the lower extremities of the True Sky God Realm. That would make the gap between them shorter than Ryu had assumed.
Even so, it was a shocking feat by Little Silk nonetheless.
Ryu would be less shocked about this matter if Little Silk had had a great Dao or something of the sort, but she didn't. it had to be remembered that Little Silk wasn't even born as Ancestral Grade Beast, therefore her future should have been limited. Entering the Sky God Realm should have been her absolute limit, and even then she would have to be extremely lucky.
However, by some miracle, not only had she entered the Fragmented Sky God Realm, but she had taken a step beyond and become a False Sky God. This was challenging for Ryu to comprehend.
'Unless..."
Ryu's heart skipped a beat.
He was being silly. Little Silk was his beast companion, their souls were linked, why was he wasting therefore much trying to deduce it on his own when he could just consciously feel the changes himself?
Sensing Ryu's soul approaching, Little Silk didn't resist, and what Ryu saw on the other side left him floored.
Little Silk had formed a Beast Core. Not only this, but she had formed Dao Runes upon it as well.
It seemed that this had occurred after she broke into the Sky God Realm, because Ryu would have noticed it long before if it hadn't happened therefore recently. But what was truly astonishing was that after entering the Sky God Realm, due to this sudden formation, Little Silk had actually increased her cultivation speed rather than slowing down.
Ryu was floored and then he smiled bitterly.
This wasn't by coincidence. He could see that it was a combination of two things. The first was his mother's Blood Essence, not just any Blood Essence, but that of her Ice Phoenix Bloodline. The second was a kernel of a mysterious energy.
Ryu had only vaguely sensed this energy once before, but his current memory was nigh infallible. This energy came from a Shrine, specifically, the Ice Shrine.
It seemed that he had been holding Little Silk back all this time.
It had to be remembered that Little Silk was already at the pinnacle of the World Sea Realm, just a step away from the Sky God Realm from the very beginning. However, in order to allow her Bloodline to catch up to the standards of the True Martial World, Ryu had suppressed her cultivation speed and first fed her a large amount of Sovereign Grade Beasts. Then, his plan was to steadily progress her past that point until she could stand toe to toe with God Beasts.
Unfortunately, before that could happen, she failed to suppress her cultivation any longer and entered a cocoon.
Since then, Ryu had essentially ignored her. He didn't send Little Silk away because she had helped him greatly during the start of his journey in the True Martial World, and he also had the sentimental attachment of her being a helping hand from his mother as well, but he had ceased having high hopes for this little one.
The only reason he had brought out Little Silk even this time was out of convenience as flying above the formation would make many things easier.
What he hadn't expected was that he was the one who had overthought things from the very beginning. Had he allowed Little Silk to breakthrough the instant they stepped foot into the True Martial World, she would have instantly caught up to the standards of the beasts here, that's because it would only be then that his mother's Blood Essence could properly erupt without killing Little Silk.
Right this moment, every time Little Silk took a step forward in her cultivation, he would naturally increase her talent as well until she reached a standard no less than that of a majestic Ice Phoenix.
But this time, she would be a new species entirely.
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