The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order Chapter 2400 Blutlinie Race
Previously on The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order...
While Cain observed the fighters vanishing into the far horizon, a profound conviction settled in him that their retreat signaled no conclusion. A return was inevitable—and when it came, their ranks would swell, their might amplified beyond measure.
"Even without my strike," Cain pondered with icy clarity, "they never would have tolerated my presence."
At minimum, he had seized a handful of them this time.
A surge of merciless intent flooded Cain's mind as his gaze shifted inward, fixing on the assailants he had ensnared deep inside the Ocean of the Blood Sun. For the initial occasion since entering this bizarre cosmos, genuine intelligent beings were at his disposal—vital wellsprings of insight.
Wasting no moment, Cain released the force of his spirit.
His immense mental aura unfurled, and by summoning the Power of Chaos alongside The Flow, his awareness plunged straight into the psyches and essences of the imprisoned fighters. Resistance proved futile. Against Cain's soul, theirs appeared brittle and defenseless.
The majority of those held were at the Peak Prima Deity level, although a few had ascended to the Arch-Deity stage. The sheer volume of data hidden in their recollections overwhelmed—far exceeding Cain's anticipations.
"Blutlinie Race."
This stood as the initial discovery.
Cain uncovered that the colossal, demonic assailants who had assaulted him stemmed from one unified race—and even more startling, they represented the sole sentient species across this universe. All the entities he had detected in remote settlements, ranging from massive beasts clad in thorns and animated plating to lithe figures with pale locks and a third scarlet gaze, shared that same lineage.
For all their stark bodily contrasts, they remained united as Blutlinie.
Still, the gaps among them were immense.
Their physical forms, inherent capabilities, and battle prowess differed so dramatically that at times they seemed like separate breeds altogether.
"From what their minds hold," Cain pressed on with his examination, "they all trace back to a lone progenitor—who scattered his essence across the stars. Those fragments of blood spawned the original Blutlinie."
A grave demeanor shadowed Cain's thoughts as he weighed that notion.
To spawn a whole lineage able to sustain and conquer a universe was breathtaking—and profoundly alarming. No entity from the Third Realm ought to wield such influence.
"Either it's a legend etched into their traditions," Cain determined, "or the Blutlinie Ancestor transcended the Third Realm completely."
The deeper Cain delved, the more intense the aura of peril grew.
In the Nine Empyrean Suns Universe—or even the Crimson World—an Alpha-Omega Overgod cultivation sufficed for endurance, if one stayed vigilant. Yet in this place?
Such strength fell woefully short here.
Stifling any rush to hasty judgments, Cain persisted in drawing secrets from the fighters' spirits.
"The founding generation boasted immense reproductive vigor," Cain absorbed, "yielding hordes of descendants."
Yet across successive lines, the blood's potency diluted and fluctuated wildly. This bred infinite diversity in the Blutlinie—some diminished to mere servitude, while others surged with might approaching the progenitors.
Cain intensified his scrutiny.
A hierarchy prevailed—but not rooted in birth, heritage, or form.
It hinged solely on strength.
The mighty commanded. The frail were forsaken.
Not even offspring of elite houses escaped this. Lacking aptitude, they faced swift rejection.
"This rank isn't permanent," Cain further gleaned. "Through cultivation, they can refine their forms and lineages, or by devouring potent artifacts and essences."
But a grim reality lurked beneath.
"Nothing sustains like," the recollections disclosed, "the flesh of superior Blutlinie in the hierarchy."
Cain remembered the havoc he had perceived in the metropolis—the visions
of massacre, creatures feasting on kin with savage abandon.
Suddenly, it all aligned.
"Regardless," Cain assessed, "ascending from the lowest rung demands extraordinary toil. The gifted propel ahead with ease and minimal strain. Shattering that order borders on unattainable."
That insight struck a pivotal chord in Cain.
The concentration and refinement of the bloodline shaping his emerging form would prove essential for his eventual ascent. It demanded maximum potency prior to finalizing his rebirth.
Concluding his probe of the dominant species, Cain shifted to the next—and potentially paramount—subject.
The essence of the cosmos around him.
Upon pulling the realm's title from their thoughts, Cain nearly chuckled.
"Paradise?"
The mockery was laughable.
This universe embodied a nightmare of gore, devastation, and ceaseless butchery. If paradise resembled this, Cain shuddered at the thought of true torment.
"Well," Cain reflected with wry detachment, "what right have I to critique their choices in labels?"
Pressing forward, Cain explored the layout of this universe.
"It mirrors an upside-down pyramid," he grasped. "I'm positioned in the uppermost—and feeblest—tier, called the Dark Blood Realm."
Regarding its expanse...
Cain halted. "Ninefold the vastness of the Everstrife Empyrean World."
The immense proportions left him reeling. It overshadowed even the Crimson World's domains.
"Small wonder it seems boundless," Cain admitted.
Yet admiration couldn't linger.
Cain's concentration honed as he examined the political framework of
the Dark Blood Realm—and for the first instance since his arrival, positive tidings emerged.
"I've landed in the territory of the Kalous Kingdom," Cain discerned, "the frailest among the five kingdoms governing this domain."
Even better, the Kalous Kingdom waged conflict against its adjacent rival—the Aztorus Kingdom.
"Thus," Cain reasoned, "the troops they can deploy against me remain constrained."
A spark of ease rippled through his expansive mind.
His physique remained unfinished. Confronting a kingdom's total force—
much less several—spelled catastrophe in his present condition. Nevertheless, Cain refused to bank on chance alone.
"I must hasten every process," he vowed. "Fortune isn't reliable for me."
With resolve firm, Cain started harnessing the stellar force buried at the core of the Ocean of the Blood Sun.
In this universe, that force bore one title.
Omens.