Above The Sky
Chapter 1162: 172: Top Seat's Blood (4800)

Chapter 1162: Chapter 172: Top Seat’s Blood (4800)

A heavy rainstorm had filled the official road to Mist Port with water, turning the entire mountain pass into a temporary river. The rushing, turbid waters even carried the bodies of wild animals from the surrounding forests and floating trees, making it almost impossible for aquatic magical beasts to cross.

The driver mumbled about how he should have purchased one of those ‘amphibious cars’ or even an ‘alchemy flying car’ that have appeared in recent years, to avoid getting stuck whenever unexpected situations arise. But he was also happy to take a few days off.

The official road to Mist Port wasn’t originally like this. It was an earthquake a few years back that diverted the Purxiu River, causing the gorge where the road lay to collapse slightly. That’s why on rainy days, it becomes this turbulent and unending stream, blocking many travelers and adventurers.

Wield Elen, who was concealing his identity and conducting a secret investigation, was also one of the travelers stuck on this road.

Watching the tumbling clouds and rain mist outside the car window, with the continuous roar of thunder echoing in his ears, his recent streak of bad luck left him a bit lost in thought, wondering if he had made many mistakes in his life to have such persistent misfortune.

This handsome middle-aged noble, who one could easily imagine was remarkably handsome in his youth, recalled scenes of his reckless younger days.

Being driven by lust, engaging in a taboo act with his cousin at home; knowing full well the myriad troubles within his family yet marrying Alice without thinking of the consequences; although he loved his wife, he still cheated out of guilt and desire, never apologizing and instead, in a sort of self-abandonment, allowed his wife to have an affair with his brother…

Then came the death of his wife and the marriage to his second wife, Afrina, along with his youngest son… who did nothing wrong, yet Wield transferred his own depression onto him, ignoring, neglecting, and even antagonizing the child.

Yisen Gard…

Perhaps he indeed deserved it. Apologies to his cousin, apologies to Alice, apologies to Patrick, apologies to Yisen…

But actually, these matters were trivial.

For nobles in the Imperial Capital, even if these matters were three or four times more severe, they would at most be idle gossip over tea, and if the gossip within the Ellen Family was merely this substantial, it wouldn’t even make it into the private conversations of noblewomen, as it is truly too trivial and commonplace to warrant any mention.

Corruption? Chaos? In truth, it wasn’t like that… The life of a noble is actually very particular about self-discipline. Those who lack self-discipline cannot practice sublimation skills nor become strong. Without being strong, one cannot be a noble. In fact, the ‘mindset’ required at the second energy level thoroughly filters out those who muddle through.

Nobles in the Imperial Capital do not care because it truly doesn’t matter.

Family unions are common. Pursuing love is not wrong. Emotional issues, personal morals.

As for neglecting children in the end…

Honestly, there are few in the Terra Continent who can be good parents, and among nobles, they are even scarcer. If one were to condemn this, it’s hard to imagine how many this reproach would affect.

Outsiders actually care little about the ‘routine’ ripples of the Ellen Family, but Marquis Velder himself has a complex mind.

This trip to the Atlantian Breeding Grounds was a ‘mission’ he specifically applied for. Aside from secretly investigating within the Setal Imperial Family, he also planned to leave the Northern Territory for a while to enjoy some peace and quiet.

Especially since he already figured out… the experimental plan carried out with ‘Yisen Gard’ as the subject wasn’t launched in the Akseir Era.

It was something that happened more than seventy years ago… at which time he was still relatively young. The head of the Ellen Family back then… was it Anpo? Or Aimo? It was likely his great-grandfather. Wield doesn’t really remember the names of his ancestors beyond his grandfather, but it was during that time they collaborated with the Black Tyrant, what exactly they wanted to achieve, even he, a descendant, couldn’t guess.

However, now he has found some clues… The fusion of royal blood and the dragon blood of light erosion has reached a perfect balance, with the fierce flame of the Solar Phoenix blood buried within the darkness of the dragon blood of light erosion, accumulating its own power, allowing a parasitic beast that originally needed to borrow the power of other creatures to undergo sublimation to perform self-sublimation for the first time without the need for parasitism…

The cooperation between the Setal Royal Family and the Ellen Family can enhance the essential strength of the Ellen Family’s bloodline inheritance, and the deeper integration with the Solar Phoenix bloodline has created a possibility.

If Yisen Gard has the opportunity to become a peak Fourth Energy Level strongman, he might even hold the right…

The right to become an emperor.

The right of the [Master Throne].

It is commonly said that Fifth Energy Level strongmen are the supreme beings of this world. They wield god-like powers, can reshape the world at will, sitting atop the master throne of the earth, overlooking the rise and fall of human realms.

Yet, all noble families whose true form bloodline inheritance has reached the peak of the Fourth Energy Level, or have once produced Fifth Energy Level strongmen… know one thing.

Fifth Energy Level is not truly the master throne.

Fifth Energy Level and [Master Throne] are not synonymous.

Fourth Energy Level is actually the limit that magic potions can reach; it is merely a key to the sublimation path. Only a strongman whose Origin Quality Spirit Energy is fully integrated and whose Aether Body is fully crafted can discover their own path from the magic potion’s key, and then step by step perfect their Aether True Form, known as the ‘Aether True Body’.