Chapter 2210 Ann Was An Accident IV
Figuring out the obsessions of the bad daughter and good daughter sides of Anna it did not take long for the Southern Ruler to piece one and two together to conclude that most of Anna"s current condition was his brilliant daughter"s doing, learning this he was heartbroken.
He knew that his daughter"s inner demons would someday harm those she loved, he warned her and tried to stop her but ultimately gave up. Now seeing his granddaughter had paid for his inability and failure he was devastated.
What he had feared had become their reality, it was too late. However, he did not give up. He continued to further investigate Anna"s origin card. He had failed his granddaughter once and did not want to fail her gain. It was no longer about finding a suitable heir for himself but right by his granddaughter.
With a one-track mind, using all the information his ancestors had gathered on the extreme path, he began to unravel the mystery of his granddaughter"s origin card one by one. Until he figured out that Anna"s origin card was not the problem but the solution. Realizing he was wrong since the being, he started to look at Anna"s origin card with a new perspective.
No longer seeing Anna"s origin card as a problem but as the solution to her obsessive tendencies, it did not take long for the southern ruler to figure out that his granddaughter might be a one-of-a-kind prodigy that extreme path had never seen before. Her origin card managed to suppress the side effects of the extreme paths which made it unpopular among the card apprentices. Coming to this realization he beamed with joy knowing that his bet was right, he had chosen a capable heir to replace him if a need arose. However, he was also intrigued by how Anna"s origin card managed to suppress the side effects of the extreme path. Under the influence of his curiosity, he forgot about developing a ruler"s qualities in Anna and buried his head in learning from her origin card.
His hard work paid off and he developed an incarnation card recipe based on the extreme path. However, this card recipe was not without risks. After all, it was based on the dreaded extreme path. But as its creator, he was capable of voiding those pitfalls. Years later he perfected it and used it to give birth to his own perfect incarnation card similar to Anna"s origin card.
Though it was not as good as Anna"s origin card born from her innate obsessive tendencies, not to mention it would be baptized by the world"s will with every breakthrough, still it was one of strongest cards ever created in the history of the card world putting the current Southern ruler alongside the greatest Southern rulers of all times.
There was no denying it. After all, this incarnation card of the Southern Ruler could not only create a perfect incarnation that could not be distinguished from the original unless they opened their mouth revealing their varying personality but it displayed a hundred percent of his power. That was like the Southern region had two rulers watching over as opposed to one ruler watching over other regions. Not to mention it could fuse with the Southern Ruler, increasing his strength drastically by several folds depending on how complete the fusion was.
One had to know, that this was the same incarnation that the Southern Ruler used to warn Arnas"s Master in the Central Capital for blatantly summoning demons to attack the Southern Capital to use it as distraction while his people kidnapped Dalton Wyatt.
The power of his incarnation was such that the Master did not dare to fight it fearing that a fight might end up on a draw and he would become a stepping stone for the Southern Ruler"s fame. Even though he was confident he would not lose, he would lose his reputation among other Masters and
other world leaders for his incapability to defeat the Southern Ruler"s incarnation.
Not wanting to become a stepping stone for the Southern Ruler, the Master had to lower his head and propose a wager to the Southern Ruler"s incarnation. Still, many world leaders interpreted this as "Southern Ruler"s incarnation was equal to a Master! Causing them to envy Southern Ruler"s strength while his allies began to admire him more.
This was mostly because an incarnation strong enough to fight toe to toe with one of the masters was just a testament to absolute power by the standards of the Card world. After, that incident many have approached the Southern Ruler for his secret to creating such a capable incarnation card. Without any surprise, he rejected them all at the risk of creating many capable enemies.
Be that as may, having understood Anna"s origin card to develop one of the strongest card recipes the Card world had seen, the Southern Ruler was more confident about choosing Anna as his heir. He further developed a cultivation method loosely based on the extreme path for Anna.
The extreme path was a power beyond his meager understanding, he did not dare to have his granddaughter walk this path. Hence, the new cultivation method he developed for Anna was vaguely and not entirely based on the extreme path. Enough for Anna to gain immense strength and break through to higher realms with ease while making sure her origin card would not have any trouble erasing the side effects of the Extreme path.
Done with their retreat, the grandpa and his granddaughters returned to their dominion. On their way back, he could not help but recall one of his conversations with his granddaughter during their closed training retreat.
"Anna do you hate your mother?" the Southern Ruler asked having just figured out how closely her origin card related to her mother.
"No," Anna replied without thinking. He did not feel any hesitation or falschood in her words. So, he asked, "Do you love your mother?" after knowing what she did to you. He said the last sentence in his mind.