Chapter 3171: Pursuit of Six Paths
Rui stared at her with a dubious expression.
A goddess came to Gaia and split her power into six portions, and gave them to six people across six continents, and that was the origin of the six paths of power of the true world.
That didn’t even make any sense to him.
"You yourself told me earlier that you elves gained your power by evolution, you evolved your affinity with nature, no?" he raised an eyebrow. "How could a path be given to a group of people by a goddess?"
"It is a legend amongst our people," the dark elf elder replied with a knowing expression. "In my personal opinion, it is meant to highlight the severity of one person gaining the power of all six paths. Indeed, anybody who gains the power over flora and fauna, gluttony, evolution, and technology... is that not a god by all practical means and measures?"
Rui stirred at those words. "I prefer not to use that word."
"Regardless, it is too much power for one woman," she continued with a cautioning tone. "There have been those who have tried getting their hands on all six paths, and they have failed, much to our relief."
"...Then what of the hybrids?" Rui raised an eyebrow. "Do they not have access to multiple paths?"
"To a limited extent, yes," she replied. "You will understand the more you learn about the true world. Hybrids follow a hybrid path formed from two conjoined pureblood paths. However, not even hybrids have been able to get their hands on all six paths of power. There have been many efforts at trying to breed all six descendent of ancestral humanity, and all such efforts have failed. The highest number of paths that a hybrid path has ever had is five at the very most. But the moment you try introducing all six paths into one person, you simply fail, and one gene or the other simply becomes inactive. Thus, nobody knows what someone with the six paths looks like."