The Choice of a Super Divine Beast Bloodline

The absolute iron rule of manifestation is that no living being can be manifested, not even an ant. Creating life should fall under the domain of the Laws of the World; judging by the settings in the original work, even a Paragon High-God would be powerless to do so.

While pondering this, Sean directed his consciousness toward the yellow text "Linley." Instantly, a stream of information flowed from the Coiling Dragon book into his soul.

"Manifest Bloodline Talent!"

So it's this. Once the information was imprinted upon his soul, Sean understood it clearly. This was the manifestation of the Azure Dragon descendant bloodline talent within Linley. Once he chose to manifest it, his own body would possess the bloodline of the Azure Dragon clan from the Four Divine Beasts Clan, just like Linley in the original work.

However, manifesting a bloodline also had its limitations. Of all the divine beasts that appeared in the original Coiling Dragon, he could only choose one. In other words, once he manifested "Linley's" bloodline, he could no longer manifest any other divine beast's.

Without a second thought, Sean immediately rejected it. If it were the super divine beast Azure Dragon itself, he might have considered it, but Linley was merely a descendant of a divine beast, and his current bloodline concentration was extremely low. Even if he were to absorb the drop of Azure Dragon essence blood from the ring later, his talent ceiling would be far inferior to other super divine beasts. If he could manifest a divine beast talent directly, he would certainly choose a super divine beast itself.

Of course, if he could manifest all of Linley's elemental affinity talents and gather the four attributes of earth, water, fire, and wind, that would naturally be worth considering. But there was no choice now; manifesting Linley's bloodline would at most grant him water-type talent, and that was on the condition that he went to the Four Divine Beasts Clan to activate the bloodline.

There were many super divine beasts that were even stronger than this Azure Dragon descendant, and there was one right by Linley's side.

Thus, Sean flipped through the book again and quickly saw the name "Bebe." However, Bebe's name was in standard black text, making it impossible to manifest.

Why is that? Sean frowned. Suddenly, he thought of a possibility and quickly flipped to the earlier chapters. Sure enough, the Linley in the previous chapters was also in black text.

That made sense; otherwise, when he manifested the Coiling Dragon ring back in Chapter 7, he would have discovered the ability to manifest bloodlines. This meant that only after Linley drank the blood of the level-9 magical beast, the Spined Iron-Armored Dragon, and activated the Dragonblood Warrior bloodline could he be manifested. The same must be true for Bebe the God-Eater Rat.

He just didn't know when he would be able to manifest the God-Eater Rat bloodline. Would it be at the Saint-level or the God-level?

Forget it, being able to use the Coiling Dragon ring is already quite good. Once I can manifest the God-Eater Rat bloodline later, combining the two will be nothing short of heaven-defying. Sean shook his head and stopped overthinking it. Thinking more was useless; the most basic logic of this manifestation was that his own strength had to reach the level of the protagonist, Linley. In other words, as long as he waited until his own level was high enough, he would be able to manifest it sooner or later.

In the Coiling Dragon world, there should be many super divine beasts, and there ought to be quite a few among the Sovereigns. But they basically only appeared in the later stages of the original work, when Linley became a Sovereign. By the time that happened, the significance of these super divine beast bloodlines might not be very great.

Yet the God-Eater Rat that appeared early on had innate abilities no lower than those of the Sovereign of Destruction, the Sovereign of Death, or the individual Four Divine Beasts. Especially at the God-level, it was simply a case of killing gods if one encountered gods. As long as one reached the level of a High-God, anyone below a Paragon without a soul-defense Sovereign Artifact would surely die.

It could also refine divine sparks to strengthen its own body. In a few thousand years, its body could reach a hardness that even Bayer, the wind-type Paragon High-God most skilled in material attacks, could not break through. A high-intensity body would also bring extremely powerful material attacks, and it could even craft unique divine spark weapons.

After obtaining the Coiling Dragon ring, Sean stopped struggling and decided to focus on his cultivation. If he reached level 9, the Coiling Dragon book in his mind would allow him to view more subsequent chapters, which would grant him even greater benefits.

Time drifted by, and a year passed quickly. Using the various resources provided by the Church, Sean had only reached the peak of level 9. At this moment, he was already able to cast 8-fold gravity magic. Like Linley, he was improving his warrior abilities in such an environment, and heaven rewards the diligent; his warrior level had also reached level 9.

However, the Coiling Dragon book in his mind defined levels based on the highest standard. Even though Sean's warrior level had reached the peak of level 9 and his comprehensive strength might even be above an average level 9, it was not recognized, and he could not flip to the later chapters.

"Sean." A familiar voice came from outside the secret chamber. Sean opened his eyes from his meditation. The person who arrived was his close friend, Leilia, who was a year older than him and one of the most talented young men in the Church. He had super-grade lightning-type talent, though his cultivation speed was still slower than Sean's.

"Leilia, what brings you here?" Sean said with a smile, though he did not dispel the gravity magic around him.

"Whoa, such strong gravity." After Leilia walked in, he said in surprise, "Sean, you haven't reached level 9, have you?"

Leilia was also a mage and a warrior. This was the most basic training method within the Church, especially for some talented mages whose bodies were too fragile and were very dangerous before they grew up. Therefore, they would also train in some warrior skills. However, although warriors were common, there were certain talent requirements to learn them; if one truly couldn't learn, there was nothing to be done.

"Not yet, I always feel like it's close, but I just can't reach it," Sean said, shaking his head. Just as he had expected, breakthroughs often required combat. It wasn't necessarily a strict requirement, but meditating at home every day was certainly much harder.

"Yeah, I've been stuck at level 9 for a long time too," Leilia nodded and said, "Even though my father found me many resources, it still doesn't work. Even when he teaches me personally, it doesn't help."

"Your father is a Saint-level lightning-type mage; you reaching level 9 is just a matter of time," Sean said with a smile.

Leilia was different from him; he came from a noble background, and his father was a top Saint-level expert of the Church. However, he had no traits of a spoiled brat, and his upbringing since childhood was clearly quite good. In fact, most of the descendants of the wealthy families in Shengyue City were quite decent. They might look down on commoners, but they wouldn't go so far as to take pleasure in bullying them.

Although Sean had no status, his talent was extremely high, so he naturally belonged to the same circle as these people. Among everyone, he had the best relationship with Leilia because they both had the strongest talent, so they naturally had things to talk about.

"If it were before, I wouldn't be in such a hurry," Leilia suddenly said with worry.

"Are you talking about the future of the Church?" Sean's heart stirred, and he immediately probed. Leilia's father was a top Saint-level expert of the Church, on the same level as the Pope, so he should know many things.

"It seems you know too. It was when the Pope met you last time that he told you, right?" Leilia nodded and said.

"What is the crisis? Can you tell me?" Sean asked.

Perhaps his ability couldn't do much, but knowing what the crisis was would at least allow him to prepare a little. If nothing else, he could at least be ready to flee when he really encountered it.

"This matter might have been an absolute secret a year ago, but now many Saint-level experts know about it, so it's no big deal to tell you," Leilia said. "You know that the God-level above the Saint-level is also divided into levels, right?"

"I know." Sean nodded. This was no secret to Saint-level experts, especially those who knew God-level experts; they were just Low-Gods, Mid-Gods, and High-Gods. As a transmigrator, Sean naturally knew it even more clearly.

"Our long-term enemy, the Radiant Church, has a Low-God who has broken through," Leilia said worriedly. "The Radiant Church has gained a Mid-God, and the long-term balance of the entire Zhongyuan Continent has been broken."