Genetic Ascension

Chapter 1477: Seal

[Progress to Tier Five Madness Disciple]

>[Feed Madness Key F-Grade 100 Legendary Genes]>[Accumulate 10,000,000 Taboo Points (Complete)]>[]>[Unlock Seed Manifestation]

Sylasʼ gaze flickered. That was quite the boost in requirements. From just one Legendary Gene to a hundred. If he didnʼt have the abilities he had now, how long would it take him to do something like that?

It seemed that the Tiers of Madness Disciple became exponentially more difficult with every step you took. It was no wonder the little girl said that she would make it easier.

All that said, she probably wasnʼt talking about the Genes, but instead the Seed requirements. Whatever Seed Manifestation was, he hadnʼt reached it yet even with his Pride Seed. But he had a feeling that it was a tall order to reach.

Raising a palm, Sylas drew another Legendary Wisdom Gene.

“Tell me what a Reaper Sealwright is.”

“You know what a Sealwright is already. A Reaper Sealwright has a special connection with life and death itself. They can not only feel seals but feel what extends beyond them.

“The strongest Sealwrights imbue their Locks with Wills of their own, and these Wills are passed down from generation to generation. The existence of these Wills usually makes Gene Locks especially powerful even when a Race is declining.

”By the time Gene Locks of this caliber begin to deteriorate, so little of the original Race remains in their descendants that there is nothing to gain by breaking their Gene Locks in the first place.”

Sylasʼ eyes flickered as he suddenly came to a realization.

The Ouro.

Just now, he had felt that there was something particularly broken and fragmented in their bodies. It seemed that this must be an example of a Gene Lock that had deteriorated after their descendants weakened too considerably.

But if what the little girl was saying was true, then that meant that a Reaper Sealwright would have a unique ability to sense these.

Suddenly, Sylas thought of Gogoʼs Gene Locks. Those were a very different form. They werenʼt the simplest form of Gene Lock only designed to stop others from taking what wasnʼt theirs. Gogoʼs Gene Locks, though, were like chains on his body, hiding his true potential from both himself and the world.

In the most recent Gene Lock Sylas had undone, he had received a vision from Gogoʼs Ancestor. Could it be that... this was what Reaper Sealwrights would be capable of? Back then, Sylas had been able to use that vision to improve his comprehension. In fact, that had laid the foundation for awakening his True Pride Seed. The Pride Gogoʼs Ancestor had embodied was buried deep within him even now.

It was because Sylas had so clearly understood what Gogoʼs Ancestor wanted that he wasnʼt in a rush to help Gogo improve. If it wasnʼt perfect, it wouldnʼt be worth it. However, Sylas could only grasp those aspects of Gogoʼs secrets because he was a Vipermancy. But when it came to literally anyone else, he wouldnʼt be able to do much of anything.

The Reaper Sealwright, though...

The line between life and death...

Sylas learned about Sealwrights through the Golden Grove. He had always thought that Sealwrights were only capable of drawing seals, a curious path of Rune Mancy.

In fact, Sylas bet that if he had had the time, he could probably learn how to be a Sealwright without the training wheels of a Profession. It was just that he hadnʼt had an opportunity to trade for such expensive study materials, nor the time even if he had. However, from the little girlʼs explanation... there was something much deeper here. “This information isnʼt worth a Legendary Gene. What exactly is so shocking?” Sylas asked, wanting the little girl to get to the point. If he wanted to make an informed decision about his next step, he needed to understand the full scope.

“... The highest form of a Gene Lock isnʼt like anything youʼve come across. Itʼs something that even your Taboo Bond Path Talents canʼt do anything about.”

Sylas frowned. Extricate was already useless against those with Gene Locks—even the simplest form. That was still the case even after it had become a Bronze Profession. Wasnʼt what the little girl was saying obvious?

The little girl shook her head. ”You still havenʼt fully understood how to use your Profession. And youʼre also wasting your Progenitor Grandmaster Title—or is it Progenitor Saint. The impotent system has too many training wheels on.”

A sudden realization came over Sylas.

A Profession was so powerful because it basically gave you a broken ability you could offload the mental strain of. However, was that the way to maximize your Profession? Sylas had been able to learn to use Fusion even when heavily injured only after studying Gogo more thoroughly and experiencing that vision of his companionʼs Ancestor. Like that, he had been able to bypass the limitations of the system.

But who said that was the limit?

If he was more intentional with how he used Extricate...

Would he still be restrained by inferior Gene Locks?

Sylas fell into silence. He really did have so much to do, and yet so little time to do it. Progenitor Grandmaster had been a Title that allowed him to sense the path of his Professions in the future and accelerate their improvement. Now, it had upgraded to Progenitor Saint. If he still wasted it even now, he would be too foolish.

“The highest forms of Gene Locks wouldnʼt care about even a Legendary Vipermancy talent, unless you managed to surpass the combination of every Ancestor a Race had ever had.

“These Gene Locks exist as permanent deformations in the fabric of reality, twisting and changing even the paths of evolution the universe allows. The more of these Gene Locks appear, the fewer paths there are to Godhood as one Race after another Seals those secrets behind their bloodlines.

”Even long after these Races fall, these paths are permanently Sealed.

”A Reaper Sealwright, or a Sealwright at its equivalent level...

“Is the only path to Godhood.”