Eldest had led her pack for over a thousand years after the one before her died. She had been heavily guided to break the limits of the Sky Realm to step into the Star Tier. The trick was in the race memory.
Race memory was like a very intense dream that imparted the wisdom of the ancestors without overwhelming the cultivator. The feeling of awakening was hard to put into words but instead of just relying on instinct, the race memory expanded her mind.
She could not take it all in but her mind expanded and concepts that never occurred to her flowed through her. She knew her form was inefficient for battle in many circumstances but she recalled the race that hunted them for resources and food all the time.
Humans!
For all she cursed them, their bodies had far more options not only for weapons and movements, but Qi. She understood how to manipulate her Qi in ways never possible before.
