1876 Light


    If others knew what Ryu was worried about, they would surely be infuriated to an extreme. But Ryu was only doing this for his wife, and he didn''t give a damn about anything else. In fact, the only reason he was on this world in the first place was because of another one of his wives. If not for this leverage, the Dream Wraith wouldn''t have been able to force him to do anything. After all, technically speaking, it was the Dream Wraith that owed Ryu, and not the other way around. Ryu had even managed to decipher the Inheritance of the Dream Wraith on his own without accepting it.


    Regardless, he was still dead set on keeping his promise and finishing within 10 days.


    Technically, he had already accomplished what Ailsa wanted in just three, but he didn''t want a technical victory. He wanted a true victory.


    He was perfectly fine with his wives being willful... but there was something quite profound hidden within that.


    The reason he didn''t mind how willful his wives were was because the process of becoming the wife of Ryu Tatsuya wasn''t a simple one. He didn''t just fall head over heels for any beautiful woman he saw, and he had killed more than his fair share during his cultivation journey.


    They had earned the right only because they had earned his affection, and with that underlying affection they had earned came a baseline of respect that they had for him.


    But in this situation... Ailsa had been away from him for too long, and the reality of that was settling in for her.


    If he wanted his wife to remain his wife, he couldn''t show weakness.


    He had already failed at that once before, he wouldn''t allow it to happen again.


    Ryu''s gaze became cold.


    Seven days were left. He wouldn''t accept anything other than a flawless victory.


    BANG.


    It was only now that Ryu realized that he was in the middle of a sea of golden light. No, it wasn''t a sea, but rather a large plain of golden grass. Rather, it was that the golden light reflected so much that the endless gold seemed to be the surface of rippling water rather than solid land.


    ''Light qi?''


    Ryu''s eyes narrowed.


    It wasn''t that he assumed every Holy World he entered would have a perfect affinity for him, but given how many affinities he had, the likelihood that he would land in a world that he wouldn''t at least have some advantage in was practically nil.


    Unfortunately, practically nil didn''t mean entirely nil. And in this case, it seemed that he was screwed in more ways than one.


    ''Well...''


    Ryu''s eyes narrowed. It wasn''t exactly true that he had no light affinity. It just happened to be among the affinities that he ignored.


    Plus, he had Seed of Light, so even if he had had no affinity at all, he would still have it.


    It seemed that maybe he would need to lean on his Spiritual Foundation entirely for this battle.


    But that left him with another question.


    How could he conquer this world?


    The last Holy World was straightforward: just defeat all the Fiends. But this time, this world was in its infantile state and there was no established Fate. And it was also extremely difficult to gather Faith if there was a pitifully small number of people to deal with.


    Ryu didn''t move. One part of his intention was focused on the world around him so that he wasn''t suddenly run through with a blade, while the other tried to think of a plan.