Chapter 2947: Making Contact

"The Progenitor's blood..."

As it turned out, Serana wasn't completely clueless about what had happened at the Bottom Layer of the Dream.

For instance, that final violent blood transfusion.

Fu Qian's point was simple: the Blood Clan's advancement didn't require preparing a Divine Trait in advance, yet they could still upgrade to a more exalted form. This missing piece had to be filled somehow.

Through a simple process of elimination, it was obvious the Cord Blood was the most likely suspect.

As for the Starry Sky Rose, their previous explorations had already made it clear: its core function was to open a passage and draw closer to the Progenitor.

While her thought process might not have been as crystal clear, Serana's view was evidently similar. She believed the blood transfused into her at the very end was the key.

"Strictly speaking, calling it that is inaccurate. It should be considered part of the Blood Nova," Fu Qian said, pointing out her imprecision.

"Is there... a difference?" Serana seemed confused by Fu Qian's pedantry.

"Of course there is. Are you trying to say that the essence of a Blood Clan advancement ritual is just the Progenitor giving you a blood transfusion?" Fu Qian asked, a look of surprise on his face.

"It doesn't really seem to be like that... but we are indeed Her offspring." Prompted by his words, Serana fell into deeper reflection.

Looking back on the entire ritual process, she muttered to herself, seemingly losing confidence in her previous statement.

"Exactly. So what was transfused into you was 'Offspring'," Fu Qian said. Quite satisfied to have the person involved personally verify his guess, he shared his deduction.

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[The Gods fear the Divine Child because they are not true children.]

[Now, I shall redefine Offspring and become the Progenitor.]

Serana's understanding sounded quite intuitive and plain, but as someone who had appreciated Lullaby, Fu Qian remembered these two lines vividly.

He could even fully grasp Annalise's innovative spirit from them—that vitality of youth.

Unlike the Gods, what she wanted were "true children." In Fu Qian's view, someone with such thoughts most likely wouldn't design the core of a ritual around a blood transfusion.

The essence of a Deity was not so easily digested.

Being top-tier existences in the transcendent world, things like the Divine Blood Curse alone were something he had seen more than once.

Directly giving a part of oneself to one's kin would more likely corrupt their independence, transforming them into Covenanter-type existences.

Then why go in such a massive circle and waste so much effort?

Annalise wanted true offspring—individuals who had an unbreakable connection to her, yet possessed greater independence.

It was based on this exact judgment that Fu Qian faintly realized the true significance of the Cord Blood being transfused into Serana at the very end.

As a part of the Blood Nova, it made perfect sense for the Cord Blood to be the embodiment of the "Offspring" concept.

And the finale of the Blood Clan Tier 2 ritual used this method to establish that unbreakable connection.

Just like a matchmaker tying a red thread between two ends, "Offspring" firmly tied the Progenitor and her kin together.

"What do you mean?" The physical constitution of the Blood Clan's Child of Destiny was proven once again; even though they were discussing her own advancement ritual, Serana was still a bit lost in that moment.

"It means the blood transfusion was the process of you being formally defined as a Divine Child, not simply receiving a gift from the Progenitor," Fu Qian explained patiently.

"So that's what it meant. No wonder..." The logic was still a bit convoluted, but Serana caught on very quickly this time, seemingly matching it with a lingering doubt of her own.

As for what that doubt was, it actually wasn't hard to guess.

In all likelihood, the Blood Clan's advancement texts were somewhat vague in their descriptions of the Tier 2 ritual, leaving Serana confused.

In fact, this also better explained His Excellency Ambor's tragic encounter.

If the Tier 2 ritual had been explicitly clear, he wouldn't have been so easily fooled by the Red Moon.

"But according to you, how is the missing Divine Trait compensated for?" Of course, the current Serana wasn't that easy to fool. Nodding, she quickly recalled Fu Qian's previous statements and immediately turned his own logic against him.

"That is exactly why I said it's a good question." Faced with her sharpness, Fu Qian looked highly gratified.

"Actually, I've always been curious. Among your Blood Clan newborns, there must be gaps in talent between individuals, right?"

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"Of course... Although there's no such thing as being born with divinity, some grow to impressive levels very quickly, without even needing to rely on rituals or materials." Serana quickly satisfied Fu Qian's curiosity, faintly realizing something.

"Like Taylor?" Fu Qian successfully associated it with a certain young talent.

"Yes, like Taylor... Although his subsequent progress slowed down, his performance shortly after birth definitely placed him among the more talented batch," Serana said, nodding with an odd expression.

'As expected, just like mortals.'

Sighing inwardly, Fu Qian felt that his academic framework had been further perfected in that moment.

That's right, it was precisely the Transcendent Architecture Theory. Research into the talents of transcendents had once given rise to a metaphor.

That metaphor posited that a stable transcendent form was equivalent to a building. Advancing each Rank was like adding bricks and tiles to it, achieving a phased elevation in its nature.

And the most primitive foundation of this building represented the height of a transcendent's talent.

Because the moment a person was born, this building was already hidden within their body.

At lower Ranks, one didn't need materials; they could advance in a muddle precisely because of this.

But why? It still led to that unavoidable question: where did this transcendent architecture come from?

The essence contained within the father's seed and the mother's blood?

This idea had long been rejected because it couldn't possibly explain mortal parents giving birth to children with transcendent talent.

Regarding the inheritance within transcendent families, he and Cass both agreed that it went far beyond mere DNA. Transcendent inheritance likely relied more on "concepts"—a point he had subsequently verified through multiple avenues, continuously proving it true.

But to answer the previous question, the most crucial link was still missing: where did it come from?

How did such a massive transcendent architecture—one that could theoretically even be dismantled into various transcendent materials—get into the body of an infant who only knew how to drink milk, and where was it hiding?

With the help of the precious case before him, Fu Qian felt he could finally attempt to answer this ultimate question—and the answer was also through concepts. In Serana's Tier 2 ritual, the core wasn't being infused with divine blood, but rather being stamped with the most dazzling label.

Furthermore, through this concept of "Offspring," she established the firmest connection with the Progenitor of the Blood Clan.

The missing piece of the Divine Trait was automatically filled in because of this, just like the transcendent architecture one directly obtained at birth without doing a single thing.

The core of the transcendent architecture inside geniuses lay in "making contact."