[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-genetic-ascension":3,"chapter-genetic-ascension-genetic-ascension-chapter-2051":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Genetic Ascension",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},107448,150,"Chapter 2051: A Grimblade","genetic-ascension-chapter-2051",2051,"\u003Cp>Sylas walked forward. He phased through the mountain as though it wasn't there at all, the illusion incapable of holding him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without missing a step, he found someone he had spotted from the very beginning but hadn't done much about because he didn't really care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, however, it was quite important he deal with this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he left this illusory black mountain here, it would remain as a beacon, continuously pinging signals of Earth's location back to the First Race-wherever they were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While getting rid of the signal wouldn't make it impossible for them to find Earth, it would certainly be a lot harder, and they wouldn't be able to directly teleport back to Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The issue was that these decoys had become firmly rooted here and the illusory black mountain was supposed to be too solid to go through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sylas had already comprehended the secret of this ore, though. If he understood the main ore, breaking down the projection of it was as easy as breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So long as he utilized his Fathomless Rune Creation properly, nothing here could stop him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was such a big problem, but Sylas hardly had to think to fix it because he had two solutions waiting for him here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them was Professor Fembroise. But he had chosen not to use her because he had an even easier method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sylas stopped in front of a familiar man. He stood in a daze like the others, his mind vacant and his eyes staring ahead as though he didn't know Sylas was in front of him at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nathan Grimblade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sylas hadn't thought much about Nathan, honestly. This was a rare moment that he actually felt somewhat bad about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't because of Nathan himself, but instead because of Archibald.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Archibald was an Ancestor worthy of respect. Unlike the others who were unduly selfish, he had instead sacrificed everything for his family, and his inheritance was passed down to Nathan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was interesting about Archibald was that he seemed to be following a path very similar to the Omnimous. The difference was, of course, that he didn't have the Omnimous to follow. He was on his own, and so was Nathan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Sylas had given the Omnimous to Alex, not Nathan. Namely because he had grown to trust Alex, and he wouldn't trust Nathan simply because he shared his bloodline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, Nathan had already gained a great deal from him, as had every Grimblade. He was amongst the only group of people on Earth that was a member of an A-Grade Race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had been handed that and couldn't do something with it, then it was a problem that was his fault alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the path of someone else was easier, but it wouldn't allow you to reach your fullest potential. If Nathan was a Grimblade, then he should carry himself as such and create a Legacy even better than the Omnimous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sylas reached a hand forward and pressed it to his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A radiant crimson aura exuded from Nathan and his vacant eyes slowly regained focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black mountain above fluctuated wildly and a might descended from above. Unfortunately for them, this puzzle was even easier than the one he had solved as a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the real method that Sylas had used to escape Heaven and Fathomless before. The two had a exceptionally mighty understanding of Earth, so simply using his Progenitor Abilities just wasn't enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the beacon to Earth and this coalescing of Will was being formed by evoking the First Race Genes hidden deep within these decoys. This formed a complex array of buried Wills that functioned quite similar to an artificial set of Infinite Wills as a result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This resonance formed a connection with the black mountain hidden deep within Earth, and thus borrowed its power to strengthen the signal even further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, while Sylas could understand the gist of it, this sort of complex application of Will went beyond the usual forms of Rune Mastery Sylas saw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was practically a form of Rune Creation that was just on the cusp of forming real life. Though it fell shy of actually creating Will, it manipulated Will and quasi-shaped it in ways that were beyond Sylas' current abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately for them, understanding the gist of it was all Sylas needed right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not just one method of disrupting that chain of Wills, but two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weakness was obvious. He just needed something capable of interrupting the Will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first option was to use Professor Fembroise. She had absorbed Gogo's Will, and there were few people who understood the Will of a Basilisk King better than Sylas did. Evoking it within her at that Will Construct Layer of her body was as simple as intending for it to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why choose this option when he had Nathan?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Race had the right to be arrogant. They had accomplished so very much, and even now their story was not yet completely written.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out that they had never left. Maybe they had written a completely different legend in another part of the universe where they lorded as a group that was feared and respected already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now they wanted to return home, to claim revenge on those that had wronged them and take back what was theirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a story as valiant as it was touching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to Sylas, this was no longer their story to tell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had failed. He had succeeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wanted a second chance. He wasn't willing to give up his first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they wanted Earth back, they could have it, if they understood hierarchy, if they knew who stood as Emperor and who could only remain as subjects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if they didn't understand that, then he could only show them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was no longer the story of the First Race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the story of the Grimblades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And whatever it was he as their Ancestor wanted, he would reap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you?\" Sylas asked Nathan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nathan's eyes glowed, a hidden Pride flashing as he remembered the old man Archibald.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am Nathan Grimblade.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And what does a Grimblade do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nathan had never heard the words before, and yet he knew them like he knew his very own heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We reap.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black mountain shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>",1059,"2026-05-29T01:47:46.952Z","2026-06-01T04:28:52.757Z",1,"novelbin.me","e3a9a4a35f2de1439cd1ee1f300ef28fdf8eccbf937c8bd1dcce5cf20a539bbb","genetic-ascension-chapter-2052","genetic-ascension-chapter-2050",2128,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgenetic-ascension-cover.jpg"]