Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

Chapter 2196  Smile

Ryu stood there, his feather blades calm and steady.
He had thought a lot about what the Martial Gods were doing. Even for him, it wasn't immediately obvious. Even now, he felt like he only had about 90% of the story.
Cheating something like the Title Stele wasn't easy. Ryu felt that doubly so after feeling its interaction with the Heavenly Court Doors.
While it had felt like the Title Stele had cowered, Ryu felt something peculiar about its actions, as though it wasn't cowering but sheltering itself for a moment, as if it were actually trying to hide something from the Heavenly Court.
That much was odd, because there was no doubt the Heavenly Court knew that the Title Stele existed. It wasn't like the thing vanished off the face of Existence when the Heavenly Court appeared. And given how many tabs the Heavenly Court no doubt kept on this world here, it would make even less sense if they didn't know what all the strongest powers were chasing after.
This made the Title Stele even more curious to Ryu, but that wasn't what he was considering right now.
How were the Martial Gods tricking it?
It sounded like a silly question, especially since Ryu had managed to trick it several times now. After all, he should have only been allowed to fight for a single Title outside of trying to stamp his name onto the body of the Title Stele.
In that case, why could he do it but no one else? Was he just being the typical arrogant Ryu once again?
This time, the answer was no.
Ryu didn't think that he was the only one that could trick the Title Stele in that way. It was just that those with such abilities were either of higher cultivation levels or felt no need to do so.
After all, Ryu was only fighting for so many Titles because he needed them for his Corpse Puppet army. Not many people followed such a