Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

King Cultus froze, suddenly realizing that he had subconsciously followed Ryu's orders without even thinking about it. He couldn't help but be embarrassed to an extreme. How had he, a ruler of an entire race of people, fallen victim to the words of a boy? 

The current location was unsurprisingly a space between the Ethereal and Real. At her current strength, even Ailsa wasn't capable of bring Ryu here and it most definitely took someone at the very Peak of the World Sea Realm to even attempt it.

That said, King Cultus also had another special reason why he was able to do this... Under normal circumstances, it was impossible for someone born in the Real Plane to accomplish such a thing. There was a reason why Ryu could only send his mind into the Crystalline Jade while his body stayed in the Real Plane. 

Despite the fact that everyone seemed to be safe now, the expressions of the three Kings were only growing exceedingly uglier. The previous events had happened so quickly and suddenly that they hadn't had an opportunity to truly grasp how bad the situation was until just now. The possibility of war wasn't small in the slightest. In fact, right this moment, it seemed like the greatest possibility. 

And it was all Ryu's fault. 

"Do you see what you've done?"

Unable to hold back his anger, Elafaren finally snapped at his daughter, but much of the pressure fell on Ryu, causing him to frown. 

Ailsa, who was unable to stay in her small form upon entering the half Ethereal Realm, immediately bite back like an enraged lioness. 

"What are you doing?! Can't you see that he's hurt?! We get it, you're very strong, you don't need to prove it to someone a fraction of your age!"

King Cultus was stunned. It wasn't like he wasn't used to his daughter acting like this as she had many times before, especially when it came to matters related to her elder brother and Galkos. However, there was something that felt very different about it all when it was related to a young man she was clearly together with. It made him even more infuriated than he was before. 

"Girl!"

The booming of King Cultus' voice caused what felt like the entire Plane to quake. Despite the vast emptiness that they were in, despite how endless it all seemed, his words still thrummed like thunder. It was clear that the King of the Cultus was thoroughly enraged at this moment. 

"Do you think that you are still a child?! Did you think that this was a nice practical joke you just pulled?! You may have just condemned an entire race of people to war and strife because of your own selfishness!"

"Oh? Did I? Maybe a lot like how your passivism has led to the deaths of countless innocent individuals?! Are you aware of how many catastrophes are directly related to your inaction?! How many Eras have fallen and ended because the Faerie race is too cowardly?!"

King Cultus' crimson eyes seemed to grow more bloody in that moment, his momentum growing a size and his imposing demeanor crashing down. However, before it could fall, it was met by Ailsa's own momentum and the two seemed to clash and stall. 

There were no winds in this half Ethereal Plane, however the odd mesh of illusory and real qis thrummed about. 

It was at that moment that those around realized that the Princess was no longer a child. 

Ryu raised an eyebrow. 'Ailsa has entered the second stage of the Soul Ascension Realm…'

One had to remember that the Soul Ascension Realm was broken into three stages. One was equivalent to the Cosmic Seed Realm, the second was equivalent to the World Sea Realm and the final was equivalent to the Sky God Realm! 

When Ryu met Ailsa, she had already been at the first stage but it seemed that her coma and the unlocking of her talent had resulted in explosive growth. 

On the Ethereal Plane, Mental Realm Cultivation was far more important than it was on any other Plane, much the same way the Nether Qi of the Nether Realm made Body Realm Cultivation far more important than any other Plane. 

Objectively, Ailsa's father was still far more powerful than she was, but the difference here was no longer exaggerated to the point he could directly suppress her with his momentum. In fact, it was small enough that when caught off guard, Ailsa could have such a great showing now. 

Stepping into the second stage of the Soul Ascension Realm while being younger than a billion years old was far more impressive than stepping into the World Sea Realm in that time. Ailsa's talent was enough to shock the Faeries into silence, including her own father. 

"So you think you've grown up now and can do as you please, huh?" King Cultus' words were tinged with his emotion, his fury now even greater than it had been before. To even go so far as to match her momentum to his, what greater slap in the face could there be to a parent? "I should have burned those diaries long ago."

Ailsa's chest heaved when she heard these words. 

To actually speak of burning the final words of her elder brother so casually. Was this even the man she knew as father anymore?

"How dare you." She growled. 

"How dare I? You know nothing of the history of the Faeries, nothing of what it means to hold responsibility, nothing of what it means to lead. You've arbitrarily made a choice for trillions of people, of YOUR people, because of nothing other than your own selfish emotions and somehow still believe you are in the right. 

"How dare I? How dare you? When we return to the Clan, you can forget about taking a single step out for the next million years. Even if I have to imprison you until the day you die, I'll do so! You have no idea what you've just done!"