The Glorious Evolution

Ash’Kral shrugged silently... unbothered.

’I have nothing to lose... The boy asked for recommendations on rare bloodlines to increase the potential and quality of their evolutionary paths, and I obliged.’ Ash’Kral smirked. ’If, by some miracle, these three manage to reach Ascension while following their Bloodline Chains... then their Paths might have a very, very slight chance of turning them into Origin Heirs.’

Ash’Kral had already started with Shia when he recommended the Gorrathi Bloodline... It was a Lowborn Bloodline; however, it belonged to a Bloodline Chain linked to the Mad Witch, one of his companions during the War.

If Shia continued following the Bloodline Chain: Lowborn, Highborn, Ancient... she would eventually inherit the minimum qualifications needed to become an Origin Heir.

Yet, the Titan shook his head with a wry smile... He knew that Ash’Kral was merely throwing a Hail Mary, as even possessing an Ancient Bloodline didn’t guarantee someone becoming an Origin Heir.

In fact... not even Levi was considered one by any of the three Origin Seeds at the moment. As for Arthur? It was the same for him, even when the Titan himself was the Seed’s consciousness.

There was a massive difference between having an Origin Seed inhabiting one’s body and being accepted by it as its Heir.

Only Jasmine was a legitimate Origin Heir, and her unique evolutionary path toward The Glorious Evolution was proof of it.

’Well... as the boy said, anything is possible.’

The Titan murmured inwardly as he watched these children discuss ancient matters beyond their understanding with such curiosity, vigor, and liveliness.

For a fleeting moment, an old sense of nostalgia stirred within him, reminding him of an age when such ambitions had still sounded exciting rather than terrifying.

They spoke of Evolution, Origin Seeds, and the heights they might someday reach with an innocence that only those standing at the beginning of the path could possess, unaware of just how much that path would demand from them before granting even a fraction of what they desired.

The Titan knew better than most that evolution was rarely a simple climb toward greater strength; the further one walked, the stranger the universe became, and eventually, every seeker would encounter something that forced them to decide just how much they were truly willing to sacrifice to keep moving forward.

As he sank in his own thoughts, the conversation finally returned to what had started all of this: Levi’s disappearance.

Not bothering to ask him, Nurah swiftly brought out a dimensional screen and made it visible to everyone... then she searched for any individual associated with Sun-, Void-, and Aether-based powers.

”...Huh?”

To her utmost shock, the results came in the millions before she could even finish her search.

The first result belonged to none other than the ever-growing Celestial Stargazers Society... a link accompanied by a picture of a veiled man showing nothing but three Orbiting Celestial Stars in place of his face.

One Crimson.

One Golden.

One Dark.

Nurah and the girls glanced silently at Levi’s soft smile and then back at the masked, celestial-looking entity... Zero match.

It was like two completely different entities were before them... Without hesitation, Nurah pressed the link and immediately recoiled, her pupils thinning at the sudden brightness of those same three colors.

The website opened with a black, starry background and three glowing stars orbiting around one another.

At the center of each star was a list of his three signature weapons, along with their related abilities and techniques.

The Sun Star had links related to Levi’s Half-Radian Bloodline and everything he had used that tapped into his Sunflame powers.

The Void Star had links based on his Half-Oblivar Bloodline and abilities related to Void powers.

The Crimson Star had the Celestial Bloodline... with abilities and techniques related to sound, illusion, melody, and Aether Aspects.

Each technique or ability had its own link leading directly to a clip of Levi using it.

It was the same as when Levi had first opened it, except... it had been heavily upgraded and now had a hundred times the daily visitors after his latest Death Game: The Joker.

The girls thought they had seen it all tonight, but as they stared at the three unique weapons, the hundreds of viral clips running in the background, and the immense number of visitors climbing past five hundred billion, their minds simply failed to process any of it.

The contents of the clips didn’t make it any better... Their eyes kept jumping from one clip to another, each one more thrilling and crazier than the last.

Swinging himself out of the Wailing Bone Pit, ensuring his survival and earning himself the title: Pitculler.

Enslaving a freaking Leviathan-Class Beast, the SandScale, and riding on top of it to claim first place while placed in a game against Sandwitch, a genuine Sand Wraith Highborn Bloodline, who was capable of commanding the beast!

Last but not least, making a name for himself inside the Joker Game... a Promotion Game to Baron rank created solely for beings who had crossed the 51N power level without even evolving to Solarbound rank (Tier 5)!

The clips had only gotten crazier during the game, showing Levi killing the Masked Butcher... an immortal-like nightcrawler with the power to heal from practically any cut or damage.

How?

He freaking created a nuke through Aether Two-Note Detonation Technique!

Then came the Light Eater... a D’knari, but one carrying a Half-Oblivar Bloodline thinned to an extreme degree... Still, as a Half-Oblivar Falseborn, his strength was more than enough to earn him a place in this game.

And yet, Levi took him down with a solo violin performance registered as no attack at all and earned a standing ovation from viewers across every race before finishing him off with Eternal Mirage.

Just when the girls’ heartbeats reached their zenith, believing that this was the end of the madness, Levi fought two more battles... in the same Game!

Chills coursed down their spines as they felt... no, they were certain that a single battle against any of these monsters would have ended their lives in a heartbeat!

Yet, Levi didn’t just survive four battles... he won every single one!

”You gotta be shitting me...”

Shia suddenly cursed inwardly as the clip of Levi’s battle against Drayven started... It wasn’t even the full battle, just the climax.

An Ancestral Dragon Manifestation firing a Plasma Sun, and Levi returning the favor with a Sun born entirely from Sunflames, using his violin to control it like a maestro conducting an orchestra!

The instant devourment of the Plasma Sun and the crushing defeat of a Scarlet Dracara who had truly gone all out and still... failed to put Levi down.

”Heh, isn’t my big bro the coolest?” Arthur bragged smugly while rubbing his nonexistent mustache. ”Believe it or not, I actually taught him some of these moves.”

Levi and Jasmine chuckled while the girls rolled their eyes, having no interest in his jokes... By now, even their contracted nightcrawlers, summoned in their weapon forms, sucked in a deep, cold breath.

”Boy... to absolutely smash a Scarlet Dracara during his Ancestral Dragon Manifestation in such a humiliating manner.” Blee’der sighed. ”Respect.”

Only a sigh could express his inner turmoil at such scenes... Just like many nightcrawlers, they had lived for a very, very long time and knew many things about the universe.

Unlike the girls, who didn’t possess much knowledge about these races, the nightcrawlers knew just how insane a feat Levi had pulled off in the Joker Game.

”You’re making me embarrassed...” Levi showed a faint, humble smile. ”I believe such a result is expected from a Host of Three Origin Seeds.”

If Levi’s main soul hadn’t been cleansed of the Sun’s corruption, his reaction would have been totally different.

”Three Origin Seeds, three weapons, three evolutionary paths... and yet, you haven’t lost your way and are actually synchronizing these powers and weapons to such a degree.” Nyx closed the shadowy eye on the hilt of Nurah’s dagger before praising him, ”Your talents are truly commendable.”