Ryuk inside his house was going over the books he had just read. His mind working to it's full ability as he memorized various techniques and features relating to Alchemy.
He then after some time took a deep breath and said "Good. My Alchemy knowledge from the Demon grounds is superimposing on my current one making it much easier for me to advance."
Ryuk then heard Ryo in his head "Master tommorow I need to come out. It's a special day that I need for my Cultivation technique."
Ryo was extremely enigmatic to Ryuk. Ryo seemed very knowledgeable even though he was a new born and he also had a Cultivation technique. Ryo had described it to Ryuk and he couldn't be more shocked.
The name of the technique is "Solar transformation."
The first part of a series of Techniques. Ryuk heard from Ryo that on a special day when the sun was stronger than usual. Ryo had to carry a sun on his back. It tempered the body and made in his dantian the core of the solar system. Supposedly this was until he became a demonic General which is their above rebirth stage, stage. Then it became "Galaxy Transformation."
It seemed like an awesome technique just from the name, but the very technique itself was even more awesome. Yet it was a demonic beast skill and Ryuk couldn't master it. This was saddening considering he was devil a half human and half demonic beast being, but in the end his main biology was human.
Ryuk went out and prepared various pills and incenses that Ryo would need for his Cultivation.
The sky was colored in a dark orange as from the horizon a beating and violent ball of energy climbed and struck the dark gloom. The seas turned as if afraid. The clouds had dissapeared and the world had become a giant oven.
Many disciples on the Imperial Mountain came out feeling the intense heat. A voice echoed "Any Cultivator with an affinity with fire should try hard on this day. The solar Birth a grand time has appeared!"
with that many Cultivators filled the sky turning the ferocious glare into a minor inconvenience for everyone else.
Hidden behind the various bodies was a truly beautiful scene. A sun of incomparable size bathed the world in a sick orange and a fierce red and along with it was three similar bodies of fire all roaring. Across the hazy sky people could see various objects racing past as if the sky was falling.
Ryuk felt his phoenix blood ring again and again causing a pressure to fall on his heart. Greed overtook Ryuk causing him to use his wings and fly high into the sky. Others stayed on roofs or floated with various arrays or flying swords powered with qi, but Ryuk unfurled his wings and flew high into the sky passing everyone.
The reason the origin Vermillion bird bloodline wasn't screaming in Ryuks head as well was because of the different sources of fire and Ryuk knew this well.
Phoenix's were sometimes called the birds of the sun because their fire was the Phoenix fire said to be as hot and eternal as stars. That was why the royal bloodline of Phoenixs was the seven feathered Phoenix. People misunderstood their tail colors as the law of light, but in truth it was the sun shining on water that caused rain. Of course light could do this, but the natural and dazzling occurrence was caused by the sun the first light. Phoenix's are known to be immortal even in death and that is true because once a star like the sun dies eventually there is another star. They are the solar bodies called stars more specifically they are the sun.
The Vermillion bird on the other hand is the origin flame. The energy that caused of the big bang supposedly. The sun was nothing compared to the Azure flame of creation. No one totally knew the truth of the beginning not even Saints probably only the creator himself knew and unless he was a fire being he wouldn't understand either.
Ryuks Phoenix bloodline awakened pulsating and pushed against his body facing the sun as if trying to grab the sun itself.
Ryuks bloodline was an ordinary Phoenix bloodline probably comparable to the lowest order, because unlike the Origin all Phoenixes didn't stem from a single point. It was branched and crooked and Biological. Ryuk would never compare to the Phoenix royals and if he battled one would probably be hindered greatly. He could steal a blood essence of a Phoenix royal and combine it with his bloodline if he somehow miraculously found one, but even then his bloodline would only be again second-rate towards the royals that was the Universes way of making sure those it gifted aren't cheated. You could transfer a bloodline, but it wasn't comparable the original.
Ryuk roared like a Phoenix and within his brain he saw an abstract art.
"Sun collecting claw."
Ryuk didn't have claws, but reached out with two fingers following the art towards the sun.
The sun was pressed shocking those who were looking at Ryuk both the angered Cultivators of fire and the spectators.
The sun roared fiercely dancing a wild and obnoxious tango in Ryuks grasp. While the Phoenix bloodline protected and absorbed quite a lot of the brunt of the venemous heat being produced in his fingers his skin burnt revealing a fleshy mess. Ryuk hurrumphed and said "You bastard! Very well little star you've successfully angered me! You know hard this skin was to make! Now that karma has been sewed let stars rain down!"
He raised his other hand and caused the abnormally high fire law in the world to condense into a large Star. Although blue and small it was incredibly fierce and deadly incomparable to the red suns.
Ryuk then made 20 ethereal hands to form a technique he had learnt from Alchemy.
"10,000 hands of Laozi."
The technique itself wasn't created by the Taoist God Laozi, but rather from people who followed his teachings. Similar to how Buddhist sects add the Buddha or a attribute associated with him to their techniques Taoist arts atleast a minor Majority follow this.
Ryuk himself was left with a question "Was Laozi a universal being like the Buddha or was he just a great mortal who taught the ignorant humans the beautiful Tao. Ryuk himself didn't know, but he still respected Laozi.
Very soon from the Ethereal hands a massive vacuum formed as Ryuk performed "Sun collecting claw."
The energy was now taken from all the suns by many levels and his Phoenix bloodline was being forcefully advanced, but still much of the energy wasn't absorbed so how was Ryuk ok. In his hand the small, but intense blue fire became a large and incomparable flame. No energy was allowed by Ryuk to run rampant within his body.
Riel saw this said in total surprise "You can do that? How?"
Fire experts were similarily frightened and shocked.
The great suns were being turned into small sparks and Ryuks fire law was advancing by leaps and bounds as was his bloodline.
Ryuk suddenly heard a click like sound within his head. His Phoenix wing had become magnificent and a royal and bright red.
Ryuk was after all a devil and thus half beast. His beast parts similarily could advance.
Devils in truth was fearsome beings hated not only for their existence, but the repercussions of their strength.
Ryuk had realized this as well and smiled, but suddenly he felt an intense sickness fill him. The blue sun slowly fell into Ryuks glabella and dissapeared and the suns were released.
He looked funny his eyes turning randomly and his mouth frothing he sank down.
Riel rushed out and caught Ryuk. Quickly he placed his hand on Ryuks wrist and couldn't find anything odd. Infact Ryuk was excessively healthy, but be wasn't right now. Riel thought it through and sent a drop of qi inside Ryuk and then frowned.
He flew off towards his home.
Ryo who had been absorbing the suns Ryuk had specifically left alone was reaching an important point, but sensing Ryuks dire Condition was wondering what to do.
After thinking it true Ryo abandoned the absorbing of the suns and thus the sun that had been forming in his dantian broke apart turning to dust. Yet as he lamented that he had failed Ryo sensed a weird sensation in his dantian and heart.
The sun that had Shattered was reborn even more fierce and everlasting than before and in his heart a seed had dug it's way into his hidden acupoints.
"My truth is my master! If I let my mother down the heavens may say I am not wrong, but in truth I am rotten! My desire, my truth is to protect that person! To have my love protect him!"
Cultivation isn't just advancement of energy, it's advancement and of self.
A child with a sword can slay a god with a hammer. That is a common theme in Cultivation because the true strength of Cultivation comes not from age or talent, buat betterment of self. Religions, beliefs nd everything in the end are their to fix the inadequacies of humanity to help or to keep others in line.
The Buddha didn't advance himself by absorbing qi he sought enlightenment of self.
The three pure ones represent the Tao - The way not the qi the Tao bore.
This fact is cemented in Rebirth stage.When one passes truth stage and enters rebirth realm everything their Cultivation their bodies everything is destroyed and recreated as pure energy. This forms a Dharma body. Dharma bodies aren't just conversion of mortality into spirituality. It's becoming truth itself. Its like giving a form to energy.
The mind is the most important part of life. Even if you are strong if you are not mentally healthy you will naturally find a mistake and die.
Ryo underwent a massive change. His small dog like body expanded turning into the size of a house. His snout elongated and black flames could be seen shooting out of his nostrils. His eyes turned turned a brilliant red and a terrifying pressure fell on those who saw it as if witnessing the sun in person. Ryo had beige fur, but now it turned into a magnificent gold as if claiming it's Heavenly aura. His fur stretched out like a porcupine becoming sharper than needles and as hard as spiritual weapons. On Ryo's back there was a black saddle like design of fur which now seemed to be pressed by a magnificent sun. Within Ryuk was undergoing even greater changes. His dantian was flooded with the mysterious power of the truth seed and his bloodline forming a beautiful sun incomparable to any normal star. Celestial Bodies formed from the excess sun dust turning into various constellations. The sun and the other stars sang a symphony of the heavens causing a Celestial constellation of the Heavenly dipper. Along Ryo's muscles various golden lines made the Heavenly dipper appear.
Ryo raised his head to the sky and howled like a Gastly nether demon!
The suns all became small bulbs as their energy was being extinguished even greater than what Ryuk had done.
A pressure fell on everyone on Imperial Mountain as Ryo finished his upgrade.
The patriarchs in the magnificent crystal castle shouted in concern "The suns! Their energy is finished! It's collapsing! Quick open the Nuclear core array!"
Ryo and Ryuk had basically caused Apocalypse on the Continent they were on.
After all one was a devil with a godly bloodline and the other a mysterious Jackal with a strong bloodline more relatable to the sun than Ryuk.