Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 1189

Chapter 1189: Sacred (2)

Feeling it out, honestly... Sylas felt cheated.

He had been told that all Aether Paths were made equal. In fact, the one that had told him that they were made equal was none other than this little girl right here and her Madness Key.

Back then, Sylas wasn’t sure what Mancy Path he should be going for, so he had asked the Madness Key. But it had said that it didn’t matter because all Paths could be taken to the end.

Maybe that was still true, but the Madness Key’s habit of only answering exactly what you asked was rearing its ugly head again, and he was suffering for it.

A Sacred Mount wasn’t a rank, not technically. Legendary still stood on its own. The problem was that a Sacred Mount, or a Sacred Beast, carried with it a Path of Mancy that did stand above all others. It represented an Aether that was graded as Sacred.

The Madness Key hadn’t lied to Sylas. All Aethers were created equal in that they could all reach the very pinnacle. However... it was only when they were actually at that pinnacle that they were truly equal.

At almost every other point before then? They were very much not equal. In fact, the further from the peak they were at the start, the more unlikely it was that they would reach the pinnacle in the first place.

By comparison, Sacred Aether stood on a stage all its own. It was at a level where the number of Foundations that made it up almost didn’t matter. Even mediocre Sacred Aether suppressed all others, taking precedent as though it was of an elevated tier.

Facing off against a Sacred Aether felt a lot like facing off against an E-Grade as an F-Grade... and not everyone had the necessary Title to ignore that suppression.

It seemed that Hollow Aether was considered to be a Sacred Aether.

As for exactly what it was?

The best way Sylas could describe it was an Echo of Death. It was like the Hollow Wing had taken the poison of the Bone-Tailed Lizard and the Glasirith and turned it into something that Sylas couldn’t even quite wrap his head around.

He had no idea how many Foundations this Aether had... no, maybe he did know.

Is that the secret of Sacred Aether? Are they all perfect? No, not perfect, but close to it. At the very least, 80 Foundations if not more. And unlike me, the Hollow Wing can use this Aether without any sort of backlash to it.

Sylas remained silent for a while and then he nodded.

Good.

The Talents of the Sacred Mount were still locked, but not into perpetuity. It was an Overlord, so all Sylas had to do was lead it to kill and everything would work out eventually.

Sylas waved a hand, and the Hollow Wing unleashed another roar before shooting into the Hibernation Realm.

The moment its pressure was gone, Sylas felt a bit of fatigue hit him. His body felt shaky beneath him and he almost collapsed.