Damian Arban William, Lex''s grandfather, was filled with both excitement and fear as he hurried to the Ancestor Temple! He was excited, for their family had been ignored by their ancestor for too long, not that he could me him. Even with his prestigious position in the family, he himself was only an Earth Immortal. That meant anymon general in the Jotun Army was stronger than him based on cultivation alone.


    Naturally, just because he was an Earth Immortal, it did not mean that was the peak strength of their family - far from it. But it was generally epted that they were only equal to a normal noble family of the Empire, and not one of the top four like they should have been.


    So, he harbored a great hope that their ancestors'' attention would spark the fire of their family''s growth.


    But the tinge of fear in his heart was not without cause as well. He had heard that the ancestor had asked about Lex - his grandson who he knew absolutely nothing about.


    His greatest fear was that his son had done something to cause the ancestors ire. After theirst meeting, his son and his wife hadpletely disappeared. Let alone him, even his three granddaughters did not know where they had gone.


    But there was no point in guessing. He took a moment to straighten himself out, before he hurriedly entered the temple.


    The ancestor''s projection was standing with his hands held behind his back, an impassive look on his face. He did not recognize Damian, for it had been too long since he interacted with the family.


    "Great ancestor, my name is Damian, the current presiding family head. I have retrieved all the information you desired."


    "Tell me about earth," William said directly, not disying any of the friendliness he did around his brothers.


    "It''s a that falls under the William family territory in the Milky Way, and is deep inside a Dead zone. At the behest of the empire, a prisoner, Bastet, had been kept on the as it was one of the few inhabiteds in the deadzone. Due to thecking spiritual presence on the, the prisoner could not recover enough strength to leave without the aid of technology. It…"


    "Forget that. What I want to know is, are there any members of the William family on earth? The ''Lex Williams'', I mentioned, is he a descendant?"


    Damian smiled awkwardly, but did not hide anything.


    "There… was a descendant living on Earth, my son, Leon. He got married to someone from that and started a family there. I believe… Lex is his son."


    "Started a family on earth? Why did he start a family in the deadzone?" William was genuinely confused. There was no real benefit to such a thing. There were a few rumors that cultivating in an areacking spirit energy strengthened the cultivation as it was forced to do more work for the same results, but there was no actual proof.


    Damian cleared his throat, but reported the situation honestly and without adding any bias to make himself look good or bad.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    William listened silently, without expressing any approval or disapproval. He was thest person qualified toment on family drama. Instead, his focus remained on Lex for two very specific reasons.


    One was obviously the fact that they had a simr appearance. That in itself should not have mattered, except that he had originally suspected a simr appearance was a sign of him unlocking the bloodline William had created. The second was the name on the top of the Guest Registry. He still did not think his descendant had any real connection to the person whose name was atop the list, but there was no harm in investigating.


    As for the bloodline matter…


    "Your suspicion about him awakening the bloodline is probably iplete. If his mother really is as skilled as you say, and was able to give her 3 daughters all exceptional skills, then it''s likely that not only did Lex unlock his bloodline, it may have undergone a mutation."N?v(el)B\\jnn


    Damian was startled, for he had not even considered such a thing. Sessful bloodline mutations were exceedingly rare because any mutation would usually result in the death of whoever had it. A sessful mutation meant an evolution of a bloodline… that his incredibly powerful ancestor was able to make. Such a thing… it was impossible, right?


    "Make a file, list down every major thing that has happened in the family in thest few thousand years. I''ll being back soon."


    The hologram disappeared, and Damian breathed a sigh of relief that the ancestor did not me him. But his mind quickly went to the matter about Lex. Even if it was a bloodline evolution, there was no need to hide Lex from them. He suspected the matter was even moreplicated than that.


    *****


    Adrus was on top of the world! From the moment he had AI take over his cultivation technique, his real progress had been amazing! He suspected it would take a couple of days at most to enter the next realm.


    To celebrate, he hade to the Midnight Inn, and upon the insistence of a few friends, entered the Henali Portal. Apparently, its VR was ultra realistic and would allow him to feel like he was exploring the universe!


    But unbeknownst to him, the moment he entered the portal, a hidden signal was sent out. Protected by the system, his location at the Inn had been hidden, but his origin on Earth could not be protected.


    But nothing else happened afterwards. Adrus continued to enjoy the portal, and his cultivation technique kept running in the background. Several hourster, when he exited the portal, he had avish meal with a few other friends and decided to partake in the Inns festival.


    Life had never been this good for him, and it was bound to only get better in the future.