Ryu's thought problem was actually quite complex, and it was related to what he knew about the Martial God Bloodlines.
As Elena had told him, unlike others where the Bloodline would just be one of the Six Pillars, for the Martial Gods, the Bloodline decided almost everything about their talents, save their Dao. Although their Spiritual Foundation was also said to not quite fall into this category, from what Ryu could gather from Elena's explanation, it wasn't so cut and dry.
It could be said, then, that four and a half of Elena's talents were decided by her Bloodline. In this way, the Martial Gods were a lot closer to beasts than they were to humans. It almost made sense that they wanted to carve out a new Race for themselves rather than sticking it out with their heritage.
However, what Ryu found more interesting than all of this was how one Bloodline accomplished this. It didn't seem to make sense.
