True Patriarch

From within the stands, Aurelia and Mavis looked at their grandson with pride.

"Was that enough?"

His young but powerful voice reverberated through the room and everyone kneeled.

This time it was sincere as even the 12 Lances and the Ancestors kneeled. This time, they truly welcomed and accepted him as the new True patriarch.

He waved his hand, signaling them to stand up.

"Good. Kroy, I trust you'll be able to take care of my grandparents?"

"Yes, sir."

This time his tone was formal and respectful as he performed a deep bow to Lucius before looking at Mavis and Aurelia.

Lucius gazed at his grandparents and a lovely smile appeared on his face.

"I won't see you guys for a long time. Take care, alright?"

The sight of a divine child with eyes bleeding golden tears of blood as he performed a smile of untold beauty was the last thing Aurelia and Mavis saw before they teleported away.

"Alright. About the eldritch invasions, don't bother actively countering them. Eventually, the Plane will collapse so it's best we preserve ourselves until then. The other houses will learn of this soon. On another note, prepare an awakening room for me please."

Noya heard these words and this time she couldn't hide the shock on her face.

The eldritch invasion was one of the biggest threats Genesis had ever faced. As the leading powers of it, it was their role to defend it.

After a lot of time spent researching, one of the theories they had come up with was the central collapse of their Plane due to a reoccurring collision with a nearby plane. Due to the cracks within their planar wall, the Eldritch had free access to their plane.

This was catastrophic news for them as no one within the Genesis was powerful enough to leave the plane, let alone survive within the Astral river infested in mindless Eldritch beast that surrounded the Planes. But their patriarch seemed calm as he announced this apocalypse.

"Yes, Patriarch."

She immediately vanished.

The other beings within the room followed suit and they all disappeared. Leaving Lucius alone in the throne room.

His back relaxed and his posture took rest.

He opened his eyes and the runes within them activated once again but this time they were considerably weaker.

A grand portal appeared in front of him and 27 individuals came out of it.

They all performed a small bow to him and he retaliated with a head nod.

"The ancestral council of the Reizon house greets the new True patriarch. You have summoned us, sir?"

Ancestor Okesh seemed to be part of the council as she stood within the 27.

"I'm gonna enter the academies. My goal is to eventually become a Holy son within one of the temples. I'll need you guys to help me with that."

None of the ancestors were surprised by his words, in fact, they were all happy as this was a great opportunity for the House.

"Do I have your support?"

Ancestor Kuntra, who seemed to be the leading figure, stepped forward with a large smile.

"Of course sir. We will help to the best of our capabilities, all you needed to do was ask."

After this, they spent a long time discussing various topics that concerned the Royal house, Genesis, and more.

——

All the ancestors gathered within a large aquatic space whose horizon seemed to be infinite.

On the floor that looked to be made out of the water, thousands of complex runes were being inscribed by thousands of formation masters.

In the center of the formation being built Lucius sat in a Lotus position, surrounded by the 27 ancestors who all had serious expressions.

Normally awakenings didn't require anything like this but for era-defining geniuses like Lucius, they had to go through terrifying tribulations.

Lucius was ready to take the full brunt of the tribulation but the ancestors were here just in case he couldn't take it anymore or if something went wrong. They couldn't afford to lose such a promising patriarch after so long.

The formation masters signaled to the ancestors. The formation was ready. The ancestors all took strategic positions within the formations and their auras exploded at full power, fueling the formation.

The formation activated and multiple other 3 dimensional formations appeared and layered on top of the already existing formation. A huge influx of energy and runes rushed to the core of the formation, fueling it even more.

Lucius's eyes shot open and he uttered a single word.

"Awaken."

His blood burst into power and covered the whole aquatic space with extremely dense and pure bloodline force.

Five distinct bloodlines could be felt, they all stood at the peak of the world.

A roar of unseen power escaped from Lucius's lips. His ash grey hair turned silver and 5 new types of runes appeared on his body and soul, completely covering it.

Before anyone could even register what had happened, another even more powerful explosion rang out.

His soul burst and spilt into seven parts.

The seven soul parts absorbed an exorbitant amount of energy before they rapidly started growing in power. They grew in strength during each and every passing second, the power his seven souls emitted completely dwarfed the aura of the ancestors.

Another even more powerful bestial roar escaped his lips and his power reached a new peak.

8 strange but supremely powerful types of Qi's sprouted from his souls and coursed through the runes on his body and souls, completely anchoring themselves within his existence.

His silver hair Turned pure white with streaks of silver and gold through it.

His roar got even more powerful as the formation almost shattered but the ancestors quickly regained control.

'Such power during an awakening? What kind of monster…'

So far Lucius had only awakened 4 of his 5 Alpha pillars; the pillar of true earth, the pillar of true heaven, the pillar of man, and the pillar of truth.

Only one pillar was left and it was the most important.

The pillar of Ego.

His wings shot out of his back and proudly spread, creating massive waves of energy that hit the ancestors and shook the formation even more.

Time stopped within the aquatic space and Lucius's mind was teleported to another place.

His ego which had gone blank was reawakened by his bestial roar and his mind came back.

His roar was full of rage and anger as a strange demonic dark energy started coursing through his runic pathways.

The aquatic space completely broke and the formation shattered. Without the formation, his tribulation couldn't be kept at bay but he didn't seem to care.

His gaze pierced through all concepts known to man and his rage reached his target.

Now that his pupils had awakened, he could perfectly use them and knew almost everything about them though they were still in their infancy.

His wings flapped and he reached incalculable distances in less than a nanosecond.

[Record: Pupils of origin.]

An undeniable Authority descended upon Genesis.

[Halt.]

He didn't even use any spells and directly spoke in runic tongues. Before the inhabitants of Genesis and below could even notice, they were all frozen.

The space Lucius was in was filled with tiny motes of light that seemed to contain the secrets of creation.

He opened his mouth and a tiny but powerful blackhole appeared within it.

The authority he had summoned resonated with the blackhole and its suction force reached untold levels, the blackhole now had the power to attract and devour laws, concepts, and more.

The tiny motes of light immediately rushed to the blackhole and were all absorbed by him. The motes directly headed to the center of his souls and nourished them.

A single Ego that ruled over the 7 extremely powerful souls appeared.

"Good..."