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"Now, these fellows may look grand, but they had their fair share of problems. For one, Amaterasu was fucking stupid and very conceited, usually doling out justice in the form of her own personal judgment regardless of the facts. Lucifer was a freak who craved negativity and used the entire human race as his farm by creating a religion and making himself the ultimate bad guy in it. Pangu was a meathead jock who wanted the class beauty but lost her to the pretty boy, so he decided to make it everyone else’s problem from then on."

Draco bluntly spoke ill about the three, which made those in the know feel speechless. Eva and Shuangtian especially were almost about to break out into the real world to give him a beating, but were unable to leave the Purgatory Group building anyway since Draco had sealed it in a separate space to prevent backdoor attacks.

Draco waved a hand and the images of the nine disappeared, replaced by a sideshow of human growth.

"After the formation of these nine at the core, you know the rest. Humanity began to grow in competition amongst the various other species, quickly coming out ahead due to our superior genetics and various adaptable abilities. In many places, the original nine either interfered outright or ruled over a portion of history, leaving legends and myths that were still parroted to this day." n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"But, at a point in the early medieval era, they realized that they needed to formulate a concrete plan to deal with the Gerdo galaxy. When the Original Human Race of the Gerdo Galaxy was destroyed, they had torn off a pound of flesh of all the attackers, causing them to enter an inevitable decline."

"But if enough time was given, just as they had been reborn from the ashes, so too could these races recover to their peak and begin tracking their escaped mortal enemies. If they ever tracked us back to Earth, it would be a disaster of the same battle repeating itself, though this time our enemies would not allow a spark to escape amidst the conflict for sure."

Draco opened his hands as the image changed to a picture of the nine standing before countless normal humans in ancient wear, performing the much-recognizable bestowal ceremony that the Evil Trio themselves had once done for the core members.

"So, they decided to do two things: empower the weaker sub-humans so that they could pose some threat to the incoming invaders and also cultivate their own force to leave behind a seed for the future. As such, they bestowed core parts of their bloodlines to specially selected sub-humans around the world and changed them forever."

Draco smacked the background with his stick and the image changed to a naked human body with no genitals merging with a drop of blood and becoming something stronger.

"These sub-humans were changed forever, not being sub-human anymore but not exactly becoming a True Human like the 9. Instead, they stood somewhere above the Original Humans of the Gerdo galaxy, possessing powers and abilities that transcend the limits of what your minds could fathom. Many of your current fictional heroes and powerhouses were inspired by the actions of these people over the years."

"And their name? Well, they call themselves the Lineages, the descendants of the True Humans. There is a Lineage for each of the nine True Humans, and they are split by ranking based on power. For this, the power classification is broken down into the Upper Three, Middle Three, and Lower Three based on the quality of the bloodline inheritance each True Human was able to pass down to their chosen sub-humans."

"The Lower Three consists of the lineages of Morrigan, Ilah, and Anansi because they were only able to codify one of their many bloodline branches into their descendants. For Morrigan, it was the Berserker Warrior Inheritance, which granted their people immense power boosts for any form of fighting they chose to undergo, but also had the effect of making them extremely radical and crazy."

"For Ilah, it was the Sand Lord Inheritance, allowing their people to control the earth of the world in the form of sand, which is why his descendants historically tended to favor sandy regions. For Anansi, it was the Dark Arachnid Inheritance, which allowed them to spawn 8 spider legs behind their backs with great strength, agility, and utility."

Draco glanced at the camera casually with his arms folded behind his back. "Next are the Middle Three, who consist of Gautama Buddha, Merlin, and Zeus. They are of this rank because they were able to successfully codify two abilities into their bloodline descendants, which gave them significant variety and power ahead of the Lower Three."

"Those descended from Buddha gained the two inheritances of Noble Energy and Spirit Refining. Noble Energy was akin to the famous Internal Force of wuxia, allowing one to obtain great physical strength, perform nearly magical moves, and especially heal injuries faster while granting long life. Spirit Refining was about focusing one’s spirit into form, creating something akin to a ’stand’ from the Jojo series that could interfere with reality and manifest unique powers depending on the nature of the inheritor’s spirit."

"For those who came from the Merlin Lineage, they gained the two inheritances of Knight and Mage. Both of them split their power in clean and orderly realms, ranking from first order to ninth order, with the first being the weakest and the ninth being the strongest. The Knight Inheritance was obviously about focusing one’s energy into their physical body as well as various weapons, while the Mage Inheritance was about using energy to convert into the elements of the world to achieve miraculous feats."

"Then, for those of the Zeus Lineage, they obtained the two inheritances of the Hero and the God. The Hero Inheritance granted an inheritor the power of one of the famous Greek heroes from the myths, with the most powerful being Hercules, Achilles, Theseus, and Odysseus. The God Inheritance directly granted power from one of the various Greek gods, with the strongest being Poseidon, Hades, Ares, and Helios."

Draco’s lips curled upwards. "And then there were three. Namely, the Upper Three consisting of Pangu, Lucifer, and Amaterasu."

"For these three, they achieved a relatively surprising feat of combining three inheritances into their bloodline bestowal, allowing their descendants to master one or two of multiple abilities, granting them far greater power than their peers."

"For the Pangu Lineage fellows, they possessed the Primal God Inheritance, the Primogenitor Inheritance, and the Undying King Inheritance. The Primal God Inheritance was what these fellows were most known for, as those with this inheritance were able to display levels of strength that varied according to their bloodline concentration. The weakest could be twice as strong as the world’s strongest man, and the strongest could almost be tied with weaker iterations of The Hulk."

"The Primogenitor Inheritance was the part of Pangu that was romanticized in mythology. This inheritance allowed these fellows to create avatars and elemental forms to either battle for them or even act autonomously, pretty similar to creating Golems."

"Finally, their Undying King Inheritance had no offensive power, but possessed the ultimate defense. Those with this Inheritance were too hard to kill, being even worse than Deadpool sometimes. Depending on their bloodline purity, they could go from being resistant to light cuts to being immune to rockets in head-on collisions while also possessing unending vitality and regeneration."

"For the Amaterasu inheritance, they had the Goddess of Light Inheritance, the Celestial Maiden Inheritance, and the Abyssal Eye Inheritance. For Goddess of Light Inheritance, this particular bloodline trait allowed the inheritors to ’purify all evil in the world.’ This Inheritance had only offensive power, and could assault anything possessing evil. Remember how I said Amaterasu doled out judgment based on her whim? Yeah, the light energy emitted by users of this inheritance basically deems anyone that they disagree with as evil, meaning it had universal utility."

"For the Celestial Maiden Inheritance, it was the one that influenced the minds of others, possessing strong psychic abilities like mind control, channeling, and astral projection, but having weaker strengths in telekinesis, pyrokinesis, and telesthesia. The inheritors of this power were usually beautified to the extreme, for both men and women."

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"The Abyssal Eye Inheritance had a long list of techniques that came with it, but its main function was to summon various aspects of Amaterasu and her relations, as well as to peer into the eyes of the heavens. Vortex banished things into the abyssal realm, a place where the inheritors themselves could not access. Izanagi created a miniature black hole with intense suction ability to drag foes near, while Izanami created the opposite, which repelled all forces and formed an excellent defensive power. Finally, there was Susanoo, which created a giant blade of energy that slashed at anything within range, coating it with horrifying abyssal energy."

Draco tapped his lips with amusement. "However, remember I said Amaterasu was stupid? Yeah, it turns out that even though she did codify this information into her bloodline information, she actually messed up and got it wrong. So the Celestial Maiden Inheritance is actually the Light Angel Inheritance and the Abyssal Eye is the Heavenly Eye Inheritance now thanks to the work of a very special person."

"The effects are similar but better, but you don’t need to know so much. Rather, the final batch of inheritances belong to the Lucifer Lineage, which are arguably the strongest of the lot for various reasons."

"There is the Serpent God Inheritance, the Horned Demon Inheritances, and the Dark Angel Inheritance. The Serpent God Inheritance is basically alluding to Lucifer’s serpentine nature, and allows any lineage member to spawn a serpent familiar based on their affinity. These are not simply roadside snakes but elemental and powerful snakes of various elements, from as weak as snakes limited to one element to as strong as mythical god serpents like dragons, hydras, and the behemoths."

"For the Horned Demon Inheritances, this is the typical demonic visage that Lucifer possesses in the form of Satan. A giant red-skinned demonic creature with a giant sword and curled horns, brimming with hellfire and malice. One gains immense strength not necessarily weaker than the Primal God Inheritance, as well as the power to control hellfire and the ability to manipulate the emotions of others through the seven deadly sins."

"Finally, there is the Dark Angel Inheritance, which is the devilish and trickster ideology surrounding Lucifer, especially his former angelic persona as the Morningstar and subsequent fall. Possessors of this inheritance are almost perfectly akin to those of the Celestial Maiden Inheritance of Amaterasu, with extremely seductive features that cause lust in the opposite sex as well as strong personal mental power, being telekinesis, pyrokinesis, and telesthesia, while they were weaker in mind control, telepathy, and channeling."

Draco suddenly snapped his stick into two and threw it away while also ripping off his professor’s suit then tossing it to the side.

"The whole point of me saying all this is to reveal a simple fact. There are forces in this world beyond your puny understandings, and at the top of them all stand the Lineages, which I control."

The images faded away as the blackish miasma slowly focused around Draco and outlined his form menacingly.

"Because I am the reincarnation of Lucifer himself, the greatest of the nine True Humans!" Draco declared as he spread his arms out to bask in the horror that emerged in the hearts of all viewers upon realizing what this meant.

"My two wives, Eva and Shuangtian, are also the reincarnations of Amaterasu and Pangu, being the leaders of their respective lineages! They are the only two in this entire universe qualified to compete with me to become the Supreme God under Deus, and they’ve already decided to contribute everything to help me ascend to this position!"

Draco laughed loudly. "So how dare you inferior trash think you have a chance? Whether it’s in real life or in Boundless, I will always dominate you inferior creatures because I represent perfection! I am a God walking amongst mortals, and it’s time I removed the cloak covering my brilliance!"