‘That sounds like the power of one of the five mystics, Oblivion—The Maw of Forgotten.’
‘Could it be…’ Achromatic Progenitor’s eyes flashed. ‘So Oblivion blessed someone, and that person managed to grasp Oblivion’s Spirit Animation.’
She couldn’t help but smile. Achromatic Throne was also a part of one of the five mystics, and if Lily was going to succeed, it would create a Geneline having the powers of two Mystics.
‘However, that’s not enough.’ Achromatic Progenitor’s eyes flashed as she unearthed the past memories of her true self that didn’t exist anymore.
The power of the five mystics was great. However, to attain one of the seven thrones, that wasn’t enough anymore.
She managed to attain the throne, but someone having their own conceptual power that surpassed the powers of mystics wrestled it away from her.
And then, she…had no memories of what happened to her true self except that she prepared the mechanism of Black Will Temple to include it in the structure of this Grimworld, to let her legacy last as long as possible.
‘I wonder if your powers can unearth potential high enough to rival them?’ she thought as she laid her eyes on Lily, who was in meditation, focusing on developing the Bloodline alongside Almond.
‘Well, I hope you do.’
…
Almond in the chaotic dimension, and Lily in the legacy space.
Both of them could interact with each other in the joint domain of their Bloodline. Since Almond had given Lily the progenitor authority, both of them were working to evolve their Regalon bloodline.
And this was going to be a long work.
Almond had created the Regalon bloodline based on Spirit Animation’s power more. However, he wanted to add his Riftveil Grimblade’s powers as well.
Since he had developed Riftveil Grimblade properly during the past year, which was his focus, he was ready to empower Regalons to a whole new height!
Lily was also going to add aspects of both her ability trees.
They would transform the Bloodline into a proper Geneline and create a brand new and powerful arsenal of powers!
All the Regalons were challenging the phantoms and acquiring resources, day by day, filling up the progress bar of the chaotic dimension.
Five days passed by, but Almond was still in meditation, working with Lily.
The process of elevating Bloodline into Geneline wasn’t easy in a sense.
They couldn’t just mash up their ability trees together and be done with it.
Instead, they had to create proper and intricate abilities capable of utilizing the powers of their four ability trees.
That also didn’t mean Geneline’s abilities could be more powerful than their own set of arsenal.
After all, Geneline was just one of the core assets of an individual.
Generally, combining each other’s powers wasn’t possible, but Geneline made it possible. Hence, people chose to flock to the clans whose genelines was based on powerful individuals.
Others having this Geneline could wield those powers as per designs by the progenitors.
The old monsters and other Regalons who have been influenced by Almond and Lily were powerful not only because of the Regalon bloodline, but their own set of arsenal of powers they cultivated and their will to make the House of Regalon prosper!
Because they had a harsh reminder of their own deaths, and how Almond saved everyone. They knew that without attaining power, they were doomed to death, and so they must remain hungry and keep up the trailblaze of their progenitors!
On the seventh day, the progress bar of the chaotic dimension hit 99%.
Admiral Rudra and several other old monsters, as well as Julian, Natalia, Emma, Kira, Noah, Marcus, and Maya, broke through to become Immortal Emperors!
But more than them, many Regalons broke through to become Immortal Kings.
Just one more percent, and the chaotic dimension would enter Phase 2.
In that, more breakthroughs would follow.
But just two hours into the seventh day, Almond opened his eyes.
The moment he did, all Regalons, whether they were in the middle of a challenge or absorbing resources, felt a jolt.
All of them vanished from whatever they were doing. They felt as if they were scattered yet alive, traveling in their metaphysical form before they reappeared around Almond.
“Eh? What happened?”
“Almond?”
“You called us?”
“Your forehead,” Natalia said, and blinked. “What’s that symbol?”
“You will understand soon. “Almond smiled and said, “It’s time for you all to evolve.”
“Get ready. This can’t be delayed any longer.”
In the next moment, all Regalons oozed out strange crimson and golden energy from their pores before they were enveloped in a cocoon.
Meanwhile, the other Regalons who were not here and were on Earth and Regalon’s Wrath planets also felt a jolt and experienced a similar phenomenon.
But it only lasted for one minute before the cocoons cracked and dispersed, turning into streams that formed a small symbol on their foreheads just like the one Almond had.
It was a black, crescent-like oval, open at the top and bottom, enclosing a tightly woven, dark gold double-helix braid that rises like a spine or binding chain. The inner weave is flanked by two sharp, mirrored arcs that curve inward, evoking a sense of mystery and control.
“This….”
“Man, is this for real?!”
“Almond, this…” Admiral Rudra was shocked.
Everyone could see the status of their Geneline, and it was a bit different from before, with a few extra things.
All of them still had their Regalon Spirit Armament and Regalon Overdrive abilities, but now, they gained more things!
First was the Geneline Talent—Eyes of Truth.
Everyone acquired heightened visual perception thanks to the aspects of Unbound Eyes.
But that wasn’t all!
The eyes also had the powers of Lily’s Axiom of Weakness!
In short, all Regalons could now see through their target’s attributes and powers, as well as apply weakness to them and see through their weakness if they revealed any during fights!
Aside from that, everyone gained their third and fourth abilities!
One was passive, and another was active. Everyone was thrilled as they felt these newfound Geneline abilities!
Almond and Lily had created one Geneline Talent and two new abilities. However, they had finished the holistic structure of the Geneline, so they could further develop it.
In short, their Bloodline had transformed into Geneline, but that didn’t mean it was over. They could still develop it until they reached the limit of the second Geno Gate and modify it.
“Regalons. We are stronger than ever, and we will continue to get stronger. We lose if it helps, and we win when it matters. But from now on until we reach the third layer, we cannot afford to lose,” Almond said as his eyes full of ambition and blaze caused a tremor in everyone.
“No matter what, we must win every bout and battle we take!”
Almond smiled. “Now, let’s continue. There’s one percent left before the nexus of this chaotic dimension opens.”
…
On the other hand, Lily also opened her eyes at the same time as Almond after having completed the evolution of their Bloodline into Geneline.
Standing up, Lily said to the Achromatic Progenitor. “Bring out your spear warrior. Let’s see who wins this time.”
Lily grinned. “This time, I have additional solid arsenals. Especially, the Eyes of Truth.”
“This time, I’ll see through the Achromatic and best it.”
“I am looking forward to seeing that. Let’s start,” the Achromatic Progenitor said with a chuckle and waved her hand as the spear warrior appeared a kilometer away.
Lily’s chakras floated around her, and daggers appeared in her hand.
But this time, her chakrams had a different structure, and they had exotic, life-like tattoos painted on them.
The spear warrior pointed at Lily and gestured—Comet at me.
Lily ruthlessly grinned. In the next moment, her chakrams and she vanished.
First, the chakrams shot at the spear warrior.
The warrior moved and managed to deflect one chakram, but it hit him.
A single slash, and all the tattoos on the chakrams instantly vanished into the spear warrior.
The warrior’s whole figure suddenly trembled before his knees fell onto the ground with a thud.
Lily appeared behind him like a reaper, her daggers glinting at the speed surpassing Hyper Speed 4.
The warrior’s head flew, ending the battle.
“Oh my…” Achromatic Progenitor was genuinely surprised.
“Surprised, eh?” Lily looked at her and cheekily grinned. “That’s my darling’s power. Against it, your achromatic can forget about wielding Black, White, and Gray intricately.”
“What was that?” Achromatic Progenitor asked. “Is it from your husband’s original conceptual power?”
“Yep. It’s the new active ability of Geneline. Rift of Axiom Severance,” Lily said. “It can be applied to any attacks, and once that attack is successful, it can set up its phase two into our Eyes of Truth, allowing us to sever certain aspects of our target, separate them, and connect them to different things to make chaos.”
“That…is powerful,” Achromatic Progenitor digested the power Lily revealed. “No wonder the warrior jerked up.”
“But that’s not all,” Achromatic Progenitor added as she narrowed her eyes. “That’s not why he fell onto his knees. You applied your debuffs as usual, and it’s understandable they didn’t convert to buffs, but something else stopped them from removing the debuffs.
Lily smiled and revealed. “It is the effect of the passive Geneline ability we designed—Dreadspire Animus Grimveil.”
“A mouthful of a name,” Achromatic Progenitor said with a dry smile. “But it sounds powerful. What does it do?”
“It’s a bit complicated and hard to manage despite being a passive ability,” Lily said with a grin. “First, it can generate a debuff according to our desire. It can be something like kneeling on the Ground. We can apply this debuff to any of our attacks, and if that attack connects, this debuff will work 100%, becoming a part of the target’s characteristics forcefully, connecting the target to the debuff.”
“That’s rather powerful. It’s essentially a dominator-type power at that point,” Achromatic Progenitor raised her eyebrows. “But you said First when you said, so there’s more?”
Lily laughed and said. “Of course. After applying the debuff, the real power of this ability starts.”
“It can…”