Chapter 464: Talent, Bloodline Deficiency
In the video.
After being taken in as Ye Cheng's adopted son, Bai Yue began following him to learn under his guidance. With the best teacher in the world and unlimited resources as the City Lord's adopted son, Bai Yue's terrifying talent finally began to show.
Whether in cultivation or soul tool research, Bai Yue demonstrated exceptional abilities. He could even draw inferences and conduct research on things that ordinary people couldn't comprehend. He was a true polymath!
Time passed.
In just 200 years, Bai Yue reached the realm of an Eight Ring God King, only a step away from the peak Nine Ring God King realm.
He became the fifth known God King, following the original four!
With his talent and achievements, he completely shut down those who once thought he was just lucky to be adopted and had no real abilities.
Of course, his success wouldn't have been possible without Ye Cheng's guidance and White Cloud City's vast resources. But even with the best teachers and the best resources, a rotten piece of wood will never become refined steel.
You either have the talent, or you don't.
Otherwise, even after hundreds of years of war against the Abyss, the only new God Kings would still be Ye Cheng, Neptune, and Sun Zhongjing.
(Silver Dragon King is not counted, as she was originally an ancient God King.)
It wasn't that they hoarded knowledge or deliberately suppressed new talent far from it.
The current crisis demanded more God Kings, not fewer.
But the reality was simple breaking into the God King realm required extraordinary talent. It wasn't something just anyone could achieve.
[Damn! He became a God King in just 200 years?!]
[That's terrifying! Absolutely insane!]
[Why does his talent seem even more ridiculous than the City Lord's?!]
[I don't think it's that exaggerated. You can't compare Bai Yue to Ye Cheng. The conditions they grew up in were completely different.]
[Bai Yue had the City Lord a seasoned God King guiding him, eliminating countless detours. He also had unlimited resources and cultivated during an era of increased world energy. Advancing was easier.]
[Meanwhile, what did Ye Cheng have back then?]
[He had to cultivate in a world where energy was far too thin to support high level breakthroughs. He had no God Kings to guide him. He had to figure everything out on his own.]
[Not to mention resources he had nothing.]
[So it's not that Bai Yue has more talent than Ye Cheng it's that he had the right era, resources, and teachers. That's why he could rise so fast.]
[Without these conditions, even if he had the potential of a God King, it might've taken hundreds or thousands of years to reach that level. There's no way he could've done it in just 200 years.]
The livestream audience debated fiercely, sharing their insights.
In the video.
After Bai Yue became the fifth God King, the people of Douluo Star celebrated. Their confidence in resisting the Abyss soared.
Some even believed that Bai Yue was the most likely candidate to become a Creation God after the City Lord.
Even the audience thought the same.
With Bai Yue's addition, there was hope.
If he really did become a Creation God, they might finally secure a better future.
Realizing this, they focused on the screen, eager for the next part of the story.
Another 100 years passed.
Due to the previous Q&A spoilers, Ye Cheng broke through earlier than expected, reaching the Creation God realm!
As a result, the contract bond with the Silver Dragon King caused her power to surge again, pushing her to Half Step Creation God.
However, just like before, she was stuck at this stage unable to advance any further.
It was as if Half Step Creation God was her absolute limit.
A barrier she could never cross.
In the real world.
The Silver Dragon King let out a long sigh and murmured, "Talent…"
Sometimes, no matter how much you struggle, your talent is what determines your ceiling.
Unless one can shatter their limits, there's no changing fate.
She knew that without her contract with Ye Cheng, she would have never even reached Half Step Creation God.
If she had been left alone, her absolute limit would have been the God King realm.
Reaching Half Step Creation God would have been impossible.
"Seems like my only hope… is in the next generation."
She subconsciously touched her flat stomach.
There was no life inside.
The stronger the bloodline, the harder it was to bear offspring.
Of course, if she just wanted to create a life form with her blood, it would be easy for someone at the God level.
But such "created" beings would never fully inherit her bloodline.
Their genes would always be inferior.
Just like the Dragon God back then his bloodline was too powerful, making natural reproduction extremely difficult.
So instead, he created the Nine Dragon Kings using his own blood.
The Dragon Kings then bred naturally, eventually forming the Dragon Clan.
But
Creatures born this way were always genetically flawed.
They could never surpass their creator.
There was always a hard limit to how far they could grow.
If they wanted to break through, it was often even harder than for normal beings.
Because their bloodline itself carried a defect.
The Dragon King's limit was the First Class God realm.
That's why, for hundreds of years, Di Tian remained stuck at Half Step God King.
He would never break past the First Class God barrier.
It wasn't due to a lack of effort
It was because his bloodline defect simply made it impossible.
To fix this flaw…
Was nearly impossible.
"If the one who formed a contract with Ye Cheng was the Dragon God instead of me… Maybe he really could've stepped past that Half Step barrier and become a Creation God."
The Silver Dragon King thought of the Dragon God, sighing.
As a split half of the Dragon God, her talent was naturally weaker.
The Dragon God had divided himself into two
Half of his talent went to her.
The other half… went to the Golden Dragon King.
Wait…
She paused.
And then
A realization struck her.
(End of chapter.)
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