Chapter 6: Path to Godhood
A few days have passed since the opening of the restaurant. The restaurant didn't really gain any traction due to the price being high and with only one dish on the menu.
Apollo's customers are the same as always, Kate, Abigail, and Noah, who eat Egg fried rice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
It's a cloudy day; rain clouds filled the sky with only a small gap for the sun to shine through. A black-haired guy could be seen walking towards the restaurant for shelter, holding his left arm for support and bruises all over his body.
He walked in the restaurant and was greeted by Apollo, who was having small talk with Kate. The man, Levi, took a chair and sat on a corner, far away from them.
Levi walked back towards them because he couldn't find a menu, "What are your dishes?"
Apollo stopped talking, his smile faded and his face turned expressionless, he looked at Levi, "We only have egg fried rice right now, it's priced at $45."
Levi being a somewhat skilled fighter, wanted to beat up the owner because of the price but stopped his actions when Apollo released a bit of his aura towards him, he shuddered and awkwardly smiled. He paid for his meal and took the bowl Apollo handed to him and ate at the corner.
'What the fuck was that?' He looked back at Apollo who was all smiles when talking with Kate, he turned back his gaze and look at the simple meal in front of him, 'How many did he kill to release that much killing intent?'
Levi is an ex-soldier who saw a lot of bloodsheds and faced enemies who had killed hundreds. After Levi retired at the age of 32, his problems never stopped, he got involved in a gang who kidnapped his sister and used her for blackmail.
Now, he lives the life of a thug; he hated himself so much because he couldn't even protect his one and only family. Levi lived a rough life, scraping for food for them to eat; he only got to serve in the military because of the rushed recruitment.
Levi looked at the plain egg fried rice; he reminisced his teen years where a nice food vendor used to give them egg fried rice to eat.
He clicked his tongue and murmured 'Screw it.' under his breath. Levi took a spoonful of egg fried rice and brought it to his mouth, when he fully tasted the egg fried rice, a drop of tear could be seen forming in the corner of his eyes, he didn't compliment the food but instead kept eating.
Levi is drowned in his emotions, tears dropping on the table he is in, he stopped eating and looked at the food again, wiping his tears, 'I wonder how you are now, old man.'
A smile grew on his lips as he continued eating, his eyes glowed as he fully tasted the egg fried rice he is eating. When he finished eating, he sat down idly in his chair as he took a photo from his wallet; in the picture, a beautiful woman in her teens smiling could be seen. He smiled and put it back, he stood up and walked out of the restaurant. Levi looked back at the restaurant from time to time until the restaurant isn't visible anymore.
Levi isn't aware of his surroundings, but when he got far away from the restaurant, he noticed that his bruises slowly faded away, so is his fatigue. He stared in amazement at his injuries that are slowly disappearing, although he saw a few magical things in his lifetime, it isn't as magical as this.
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Apollo cleaned up the restaurant as no more customers could be seen, he could just order Atlas to do it but he liked it this way.
He closed up the restaurant and prepared to go to Mt. Tsuki to check the supply.
Apollo watched in the shack, as the sun began setting. He looked at the sky in amazement, thinking 'How could someone make a world as beautiful as this?'
As he was deep in thought, a large bird fell, right in the middle of his farm. The huge bird landed in an open area, its leg flowing with blood and its left-wing has a huge hole on it, due to being shot.
Apollo got back to his senses and looked at the eagle, wide-eyed. He walked out from his shack and walked towards the eagle; it laid on the ground motionless.
Apollo crouched down and examined the huge bird, it's rare to see eagles, but he is now staring at it. As his hand is about to land on one of its wings, it scratched Apollo with one of its undamaged claws, but Apollo didn't even feel a thing, so he continued.
The eagle tried to scream for help, but to no avail, it tried its luck and let Apollo try to examine it. Apollo, unfazed by the eagle's provocation, examined it carefully. It has a huge cut on its left leg and a bullet hole on its left-wing. 'A few litres of that magic water would probably heal him.'
He got the water and tried to feed it to the eagle, although it resisted at first, it stopped when it saw that Apollo didn't even get a scratch from its claws.
The healing was fast and even visible to the naked eye; it tried to flap its wings to try and escape from this monster of a human but failed because it hurts.
Apollo went back to his shack and brewed tea that he bought from Atlas; he didn't like tea that much but whatever he bought from Atlas taste godly, so he decided to try it for once.
While drinking tea, he browsed Atlas' store again, the reason why is because he needs a powerful animal to guard the farm while he's away, he could buy guard dogs, but the most they could do is bite and scratch.
He filtered it so that he will only see animals. It showed a list full of animals, from fiction to non-fiction. Rows and rows of animals are listed, from lions to dragons. The description is also bizarre.
[Divine Dragon (Baby)]
Born from two divine dragons with pure bloodlines. Its diet consist of phoenix meat found deep in the volcanos in the immortal realm, meat from the Divine Lions found in god realm and water from the fountain of life. It could easily destroy planets even when it's just born.
[Divine Lion (Cub)]
Found in the god realm, it could easily kill True Immortal Realm cultivators without the help its mother. Its diet consists of Thunder Griffins, Azure Boars and Snow Tigers. It is frequently fed with water from the fountain of life.
[Cerberus (Cub)]
Found in the depths of hell, these Cerberus are fed with the souls that killed millions, for meat, they eat Emperor level demons found deep within Lucifer's castle. They could easily kill Foundation Establishment cultivators and destroy a small city.
etc
Apollo stared at the list of animals while reading their description; he is somewhat familiar with the term 'Cultivators' because of the novels he is reading when he isn't doing anything, but he isn't familiar with 'Foundation Establishment, True Immortal.'
Cultivation ranks consist of 15 levels in total; it's only 15 because of insufficient data.
Those 15 ranks are,
Qi Condensation
Foundation Establishment
Golden Core
Void Realm
Nascent Soul
Hollow Immortal
Transcendent Immortal
True Immortal
Hollow Deity
Transcendent Deity
True Deity
Immortal King
Immortal Deity
Heavenly God and the Apex.
It is unknown if there are ranks beyond the Apex, the strength of a being in the Heavenly God rank is miles apart Apollo's strength, although they could effortlessly destroy a multiverse, their strength is far off from Apollo's.
Apollo thought on what to buy for a bit but decided not to, he wants something to guard his farm but not an animal that could easily destroy cities and universes.
He looked outside and had a bright idea in mind, if he could feed the eagle with the water he buys from Atlas, wouldn't it be the same as raising a godlike animal?
The eagle is laying outside, trying to flap its wings, so Apollo stood up from his chair and walked towards the eagle, he tried to think of ways to tame the eagle but to no avail. Apollo has the urge to use Atlas to tame the eagle but stopped his urge.
He got fed up at trying to tame the eagle, so he quickly finished his tea and went back to his house.
Sitting on the bed, Apollo tried to think of ways to gain power, he already bought a few martial arts in expert tier from Atlas, but it only gave him a mere 100,000 on all stats, although it's only expertise on martial arts, it gave him a boost on his stats.
While thinking, his eyes suddenly widen, he facepalmed and went to Atlas' store to buy Cultivation manuals, his familiarity with novels that have cultivation in them is beyond that of a NEET¹, when he's not doing anything, he reads novels to waste time, it's a useless hobby but he just reads them for fun.
Apollo could instantly read the contents in a matter of seconds, but he'd rather read it manually, that's why he's familiar with the term cultivation.
He started reading when Kate and Noah introduced him to novels while chatting with them.
Besides Str, Agi, and Def, Apollo also has a talent stat which Atlas doesn't show him,
Body - Divine Grade
Talent- ∞
Comprehension - ∞
Will - 7
Luck - 5
He bought the first one which is the most expensive one among them, it costs 1,000,000,000+²⁰, it's called Asura's Sutra, it's look on the outside may seem shabby but the words on the inside are so profound that even a being that has lived thousands of years could only comprehend a few words in it.
Before he starts cultivating, he bought a few divine grade spiritual artifacts and pills to help him in his path to godhood. He also rented a space from Atlas, the area is only a few dozen cubic meters, but the Qi is so thick and pure that cultivators could breakthrough realms like its breathing air.
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An unknown amount of time has passed since Apollo started cultivating, he got out from the space and tried to check his stats,
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User: Apollo Kai Murphy
Str: 4,023,202,920+²⁹
Agi:4,019,110,492+²⁹
Def:4,120,467,583+²⁹
Points: 1,998
Store
Storage
Sell
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'Not bad, from +¹⁹ to +²⁹.' He closed it right after.
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
WannaBeAuthorHaru
WannaBeAuthorHaru Couldn't really edit this properly because my internet got cut off and I couldn't edit it using Grammarly.
What do you guys think about the introduction of cultivation? Is it too rushed?