Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 1487

"Betrayal?" Sylas asked slowly.

“Yes, master, betrayal.

“Explain.”

“True Beasts once ruled the universe. We were untouchable and stood beyond humanoids. We had methods of progress that humanoids did not. That all changed with the descent of the first system, created by a humanoid.

“From the memories of my Ancestor, the True Beasts had a birth rate that was too low, especially at the highest levels. This made battling against the Demons truly difficult, especially since their birth rates were often accelerated.

“The True Beasts and Humanoids thus formed a pact and the first system was created using the True Beasts as a foundation of research. Thanks to this, Genes, Gene Talents, Bloodlines, and things of the like were introduced.

"However, at the end of this era, we were betrayed, our strongest creatures maligned and excised, stricken down from the heavenly perches we sat upon and forced to the earthen grounds. We became creatures of sin, despised by the next system as much as the Demons, all so that the so-called Humanoid Gods could take their turn at the top of the world.

"We acted for the sake of the greater universe. The Demons would sooner have our way of life completely upended and destroyed. Yet, we were stabbed in the back after allowing them to rise up."

Sylas' eyes narrowed. "And what does this have to do with the Madness Key."

“The Madness Key, as you call it, is the bastardized remnant of the very first system. We went from creatures of virtue to creatures of sin. Now your cultivation is tied to what the current system likely treats little different from a Demon."

Sylas frowned.

The timelines seemed messed up. As far as he knew, the Madness Key was a remnant of the Legendary System. But the way the King Serpent spoke, it sounded like there was a system even before the Legendary System.

The implication was that there had been at least three major eras of various systems. “Why can you see it?" Sylas asked.

"All creatures of Sin can see it. It is how we know where our allies remain, those humanoids that will fight to raise us back to the positions we deserve, clearing our name and washing history with the blood of our enemies."

“If I am on your side, why are you so hostile?"

“I wasn't hostile until you brought out a child as a slave."

A tinge of hostility seemed to return to the King Serpent and Sylas was forced to suppress it again until it once more became obedient.

“The Serpent, the Rat, the Boar, the Monkey, the Tortoise, the Spider, and the Crow. You're saying all of these were ancient creatures of great merit?"

The King Serpent blinked in confusion.

“No. It should be the Serpent, the Monkey, the Tortoise, the Spider, the Crow, the Hippo, and the Scorpion."

Sylas' pupils constricted into pinholes.

The Scorpion.

When he first asked about the seven Sinful creatures, he had been hoping to hear the name of the Scorpion, but he hadn't. Back then, he had been a bit disappointed. The Scorpion perfectly fit the picture of a scorned creature, spurned and ignored, thrown by the wayside and often ostracized. Thɪs chapter is updated by NoᴠᴇFɪre.nᴇt

But there were many creatures like that. Who was to say that the Scorpion absolutely had to be one of the seven? So he had ignored it.

What he didn't expect was to hear that it was, in fact, related.

How could that be a coincidence? Sylas didn't believe it was one in the slightest. However, his expression hardly changed as though he hadn't noticed at all. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

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