Although Ryu hadn't been surprised by the Quivering Spectral Wings entering his body, he was surprised by The Compendium entering his Spiritual Sea, and that was because he hadn't sensed the aura of a Mental Realm Treasure on it. It seemed to have broken convention and chosen this location for itself based on its own personal preference.
God Treasures definitely had intelligence of their own, so this alone was surprising, but the choice was, especially because Ryu could vaguely feel that The Compendium was influencing his gaze much like his soul did. It seemed to have sensed an opportunity for itself there.
At the same time, much like the Quivering Spectral Wings, it greedily soaked up the energies of Ryu's body, seemingly not being able to get enough. And to The Compendium's surprise, its new owner didn't do anything to stop its actions, even when its pace of absorption increased.
That was when The Compendium learned something very shocking. When it came to energy expenditure, its new owner was like a bottomless sea, no matter how much it took, there was always more to take.
At that moment, Ryu realized something as well. By relying on Essence, The Compendium was actually able to speed up its passive scanning ability through a unique method. This made it almost unnecessary for Ryu to ever sacrifice an entire treasure to it.
'Interesting..."
Ryu turned his mind from The Compendium. Now wasn't the time to cultivate. Setting the fact he was still somewhat worried about his Focus Qi, this wasn't an appropriate place to begin cultivating. Although that mysterious voice hadn't said as much, he knew that there was highly likely to be a time limit here and he still had one more treasure to pick out.
Ryu, though, was quite relaxed, he felt very satisfied with the two he had picked out until now.
For his third treasure, he preferred something that could help him break the shackles of his eyes faster, but after the first look, he already felt that was impossible, there wasn't another treasure similar to The Compendium lurking around the corner.
At the same time, Ryu felt that the slow progression of his eyes unsealing was occurring on purpose, almost like a mechanism of his body protecting itself. This seemed to explain why it slowly unsealed with his cultivation upgrades and even when his bodily strength increased.
If he to unseal his eyes faster, then he just had to increase his strength faster and he would be able to see his wives again soon.
Ryu began to look around again. If there weren't any auxiliary items that called out to him, then a defensive treasure or an offensive one wouldn't be too bad. He wasn't entirely opposed to it, he had just wanted to target what he felt was more important first.
Maybe something for Little Silk? For some reason, Little Silk had been quite dormant since she swallowed all of those Sovereign Grade beasts.
ραпdα- n૦νe|`c,0m In truth, the current Little Silk was far inferior to Ryu. Sovereign Grade was exceptional on the First Heaven, but entering the Fourth Heaven, to say it lagged behind was to put it nicely. Although Ryu believed in his mother, it was hard to believe that the secret she left behind on Little Silk was exaggerated to the point it could help him even on the Fourth Heaven.
Little Silk had helped him enough until now and it could be said that the little guy was the reason he was able to gain a firm hold of the First Heaven to begin with. If he could find a way to help her in the future, he would, but for now he felt that his progression was more important.
He threw that idea to the back of his mind and continued to look.
Maybe something to speed up his cultivation speed? The Dao Pedestal Realm was and final opportunity to grow one's Spiritual Foundation, so it was quite important. Plus, the Cosmic Seed Realm and its Cosmic Seeds would lay the foundation for one's Godhood, these were fairly important milestones. Having a treasure to help them wouldn't be too bad.
But once again, Ryu shook his head. Treasures that helped speed up cultivation often came with drawbacks. Plus, it was unlikely that his path forward would remain conventional considering his Chaotic Silk Meridians, so it might end up being useless to him.
Maybe something to help evolve his Realm Heart?
This idea lingered with Ryu for much longer. After his Dao entered the Cosmic Grade, he felt its progress hit rock bottom.
Of course, this made sense. This was an in-between world sandwiched between the Third and Fourth Heaven, the laws here were too incomplete to allow the fast progression of an Ancient Dao. And because his Realm Heart was still in the Immortal Grades, it was impossible for it to help him.
Suddenly Ryu's mind flashed. Chaos Qi had never been able to help his Realm Heart evolve, but what about Essence?
Ryu flooded Essence toward his Realm Heart after this thought, but he was almost disappointed.
He shook his head. If Chaos Qi couldn't do it, Essence shouldn't be able to either, he had pretty much already expected this. It had to be remembered a Realm Heart a fledgling world, it was perfectly balanced, it was a Combination of all energies!
Ryu's heart skipped a beat when he suddenly had this thought and he began to pour both Chaos Qi and Essence into his Realm Heart. This time, his Realm Heart didn't directly reject the qi and even began to make slow progress forward.
Ryu felt ecstatic. This was much slower than absorbing a Godhood, but that much was obvious. At this pace, it would probably take him a few days to evolve his Realm Heart into the lower Cosmic Grades, but this was so very worth it. Now he didn't have to worry about hunting Sky Gods for the time being.
'Excellent.'
Ryu almost forgot that he had a third treasure to pick until he suddenly paused on one particular item. It didn't particularly feel like a treasure, but it was rather an orb...
'It'll be you.'
Evolution Orb.
It was very simple in its function. One could place their treasures within it and the orb would nurture it to grow.
Ryu need this treasure. As someone who could forge his own treasures, it was almost unnecessary, especially since it couldn't evolve the treasures he had just received past the Omniscient Grade.
However, Ryu refused to switch his grandfather's bow for another one. He would definitely allow it to see the summit with him.
The most important thing to an archer were his eyes... his grandfather had told him that again and again.
To Ryu, his grandfather's bow was exactly that, the lingering remnants of his Grandpa Kunan's gaze.
He would bring it to oversee the world.
Like this, Ryu made his last choice.
