The purity of one's Luminous Blood determines their progress in inheriting from the Ancestral Ruins. From the very beginning, Gold's Luminous Blood was exceptionally close to its purest form. As it was continuously refined by the Water of Origin, his Luminous Blood even began to touch the very limits of purity!
While undergoing the tempering of the Water of Origin, he could only see his own progress. Watching stripe after stripe light up, he knew his talent was second to none.
As he progressed further, the supply of the Water of Origin became even purer, and his inheritance progress accelerated.
It might have been because his perception of time had dulled while immersed in the Water of Origin, but there was no doubt he had reached the limit of his Luminous Blood's purity. He could even sense that he was just one step away from the complete inheritance of the Ancestral Ruins—Nine Stripes!
