Upon hearing Shiroishi Kazuma's words, Ko Gohon's eyes instantly lit up and he anxiously said, "Uncle Kazuma, I've realized my mistakes. Quickly teach me, what do I have to do?!"
"Currently, the previous bet is already over. We'll just ignore it and not consider it any further." Shiroishi Kazuma slowly said, "So, now, we mainly have to focus on the online novel website.
"According to your bet with Hong Dali, the person with the most number of daily updated books two weeks later wins. If it's according to your idea to increase the flat fees of the authors at the novel website and find ghostwriters to increase the number of novels, all these can more or less be done, but it's still far from enough!
"In this day and age, channels are the king.
"Number one, get through all the possible channels of the novel website and liaise with our joint venture companies in Heavenly State. As long as they are enterprises related to the internet, they must all advertise on the novel website.
"Number two, liaise with the telecommunication companies in Heavenly State and get them to send messages to prompt people to read our novels!
"Number three, liaise with all the web portals in Heavenly State, including Weibo, and open all channels to read our novels.
"Number four, hold a free of charge reading day to attract those readers that are used to reading free of charge books.
"Number five, hype things up and expose our Feng Yun website's remunerations for our authors on all the websites related to novels!
"Number six, liaise with the TV stations to interview our authors and create more exposure for the website!" 
Upon hearing Shiroishi Kazuma's suggestions, Ko Gohon's face glowed as he firmly smacked his thigh. "Understood. I'll get these done right away!"
…
In the next few days, advertisements about Feng Yun website suddenly emerged everywhere. Advertisements for Feng Yun website were all over all the various websites in Heavenly State.
"Feng Yun website is the largest local reading base, free of charge reading and downloading of the novels. No pop-up ads, simple and clean webpage. Come to Feng Yun website to find good novels!"—Haoche Website. 
"Feng Yun website is an online novel website with no pop-up ads, providing the latest and best novels for all novel lovers. Come to Feng Yun website to read novels!"—Dream Paris.
"Feng Yun website provides you with various literature works with no advertisements to spoil your reading experience. It's a website which creates an elegant environment to read novels for all friends who are literature lovers, and the content includes various popular novels."—Guodian Online. 
…
On smartphones.
Countless people throughout Heavenly State had received messages about Feng Yun website's novels.
"We welcome you to the free of charge reading column, Feng Yun website provides all kinds of awesome and exciting novels." 
"[Urban] Personal Show: My Best Grade Missy."
"[Military Affairs] Special Operation of the Falcons: Special Force Number One." 
"[History] Great Waves Again in the Court: Big Fatuous Ruler."
"[Urban] Exceedingly Beautiful Superior: Pretty Tenant."
"[Fantasy] Wuzun Sword Slashes The Vault Of Heaven: Wudao Vault of Heaven."
Countless curious readers clicked on the advertisements, and after taking a few glances, they were satisfied with what they saw. "Mm, these book recommendations are not bad. It's quite good to kill time. This Feng Yun website is quite brilliant!"
Of course, there were those unimpressed as well. "Tsk, such a tacky way of promoting books. Now that there is the smartphone reading app produced by Young Master Hong Dali, who would still want to read these. Zhong Dian website is the king!"
…
On Xinhai Weibo—
Drunk and leaning on the fence of the pavilion, Meng Ziying Weibo Talent: "Feng Yun website's novel 'Yifan's trouble' is very well written. I like how Yifan bullies Shaowan, serves him right for bullying Xiaochao… Mm, amusing as usual, this work is quite good." 
Douban Doujiao Doubao Weibo Talent: "Feng Yun website's novels are quite good. I read novels there the whole day today. The books are not bad! Worth taking a look at them, I strongly recommend!
@Tangdou-like unlucky person: Feng Yun website is not bad, quickly gather and take a look @Dark Building Lonely Spirit 
@Dark Night Vigilante 
@Zuiyu Changwan_Shifu Calls Me Xiaowan @Muying Huange_Little Angel Of The Wolf Master 
@Fleeting Time At Finger Tips."
"Feng Yun website rises strongly, regarding the rise of online literature."—Soulang.
"Earth-shaking big scheme, about the counterattack of Feng Yun website."—Easy Net.
"Small online novel, big wealth! Feng Yun website's powerful rise!"—Dongfang Wealth.
"Read novels, go to Feng Yun website. Write novels, still go to Feng Yun website."—Tianjing's Plaza.
…
In the various readers' group chats.
"These two days, there are so many free books to read on Feng Yun website. I've discovered a few good ones."
"Really, then I'll go and take a look too."
"Of course it's true, it writes that the books are free of charge for a limited period of time!"
"Not bad, not bad. This website is doing pretty well!"
…
On the largest local online novel forum.
"Overwhelming amount of subscriptions! Feng Yun website with all kinds of awesomeness!"
"Zhong Dian or Feng Yun? A newbie feels that Feng Yun is still better!"
"Please help, a newcomer wanting to know whether it's better to go to Feng Yun or Zhong Dian? I personally feel that Feng Yun is better, I can earn quick money."
"Zhong Dian wants to defeat Feng Yun just by relying on a smartphone app, does Feng Yun know about this?"
…
At the TV station.
"Hello, hello, as a Great God-level author on Feng Yun website, may I know how much can your monthly earnings reach?"
"Earnings, this… Around 20 to 30 thousand per month is still fine."
"So much? Then you must be one of those people with the highest earnings on Feng Yun website, right?"
"No! How is it possible that my earnings are so high. My fingers are not nimble, so I type considerably slower. We have people who can type fast and are able to write 10 to 20 thousand words per day, and their remuneration is at least 50 thousand and above per month. There are even people earning 100 thousand!"
"So much?!"
"Yes, Feng Yun website's perks are very good."
…
In Tianjing City, the tallest television tower, in the top floor revolving restaurant.
"Young Master, Chief, the latest totaled reports of Feng Yun website are out!" The bodyguard was shivering with fear as he looked at Shiroishi Kazuma whose back was facing him and was standing in front of the window with his hands placed at his back. This time, he really saluted him. "According to the latest reports, currently, the site traffic of the website has already increased to 2.4 million and above for daily independent IPs. These two days, large batches of newcomers have started writing new books, and the number of updated books in three days have already reached 3,600 books!" 
"So fast!" Ko Gohon exclaimed, "Uncle Kazuma, your idea is really useful!"
"So-so." Shiroishi Kazuma's voice was very calm. "How many daily updated books does Zhong Dian website have now?"
"Chief," The bodyguard's expression and voice were filled with respect. "At the moment, there are approximately 4,500 newly updated books daily."
"Mm, we still lack 900 books." Shiroishi Kazuma said with satisfaction, "It's still within our control. If things continue progressing this way, probably in no time, we will be able to overtake Zhong Dian website. After all, the authors are after all the benefits and perks. As long as there is enough advertising, and the money is sufficient, it's not difficult to attract authors over."
Ko Gohon fully looked up to Shiroishi Kazuma now, as he anxiously asked, "Uncle Kazuma, then, do we continue like this? Why don't I get more ghostwriters to write more books? It's fine as long as it can surpass Hong Dali. I don't plan to earn much money from it."
Upon hearing Ko Gohon's words, Shiroishi Kazuma shook his head and slowly said, "No, if Hong Dali can earn money, why can't we?"
"Ah?" Ko Gohon said in surprise, "Uncle Kazuma, you're planning to… seriously run this Feng Yun website?"
"Yes." Shiroishi Kazuma nodded, yet he didn't continue talking about the novel website but instead looked out of the window, saying, "Young Master Gohon, look at the night view of Tianjing City. How beautiful is it? It's not lacking compared to Tokyo in our Jaban Empire, isn't it?" 
It was night right now. The night view of Tianjing City was extremely beautiful. Neon lights were flashing, and it was especially comfortable to stand from high up and look down, coupled with the gentle night breeze.
"It's very pretty." Ko Gohon agreed. "I haven't really noticed it previously."
"Yes, we haven't noticed it previously." Shiroishi Kazuma's voice was very calm, as he slowly stated, "It's the same for our Toyoda Conglomerate. As the top 16 in the world, the funds of our Toyoda Conglomerate are ample. You normally don't care about this, so you won't care about how much money you spend. You just feel that all the money is there for you to take it."
"I understand, Uncle Kazuma." Upon hearing this, Ko Gohon instantly understood what Shiroishi Kazuma meant.
Actually, he wasn't a stupid person. It was just that in the midst of fighting with Hong Dali, he had always been at the losing end, thus his conflicted mind.
Toyoda Conglomerate was indeed very rich. Just like the night view of Tianjing City, though it was pretty, one wouldn't notice it after looking at it for many times. But no matter how rich it was, after all, it had been built up bit by bit, and it didn't just drop down from the sky.
In that case, as long as they properly operated this Feng Yun website, then they could earn money. So why don't they do it properly and well?
"Uncle Kazuma, what should we do next?" Ko Gohon asked.
"Now since the popularity has already been increased, then next, we'll take in all the good ones and eliminate the bad ones." Shiroishi Kazuma slowly said, "Eliminate all those poor-quality books and get them to finish writing them as soon as possible. Secure those good-quality books and do your best in nurturing their authors. At the same time, slightly change the welfare benefits policy and slowly convert the severance method to giving out dividends. After the novel website has entered a stable phase of operation, it would then be a virtuous cycle." 
"Uncle Kazuma, you are brilliant!" Ko Gohon was elated. "Then, after the website has entered a virtuous cycle, we can earn quite a lot of money, right?"
"Yes." Shiroishi Kazuma smiled. "Don't belittle online novel websites. All the profits from the adaptations of films, online games, merchandises and so on are actually huge. I truly admire Hong Dali. The things started up by this lad truly have very big prospects!" 
"After hearing what Uncle Kazuma just said, I realized that this Hong Dali is very brilliant!" Now, Ko Gohon finally had to admit that Hong Dali was indeed brilliant. "I haven't thought about all this!"
Speaking up to this point, Ko Gohon recalled his bet with Hong Dali. "But Uncle Kazuma, my bet with Hong Dali…"
"Hehe, there's no hurry on that." Shiroishi Kazuma wasn't worried at all about the bet and insipidly said, "Since I've come, of course I have a way to help you win. Wait for a few more days, let's see first whether Hong Dali's side makes any moves."
Shiroishi Kazuma assured Ko Gohon, then instructed him, "Remember, leave your trump card for the last. Don't take them all out at once. Or else, what will you have left to fight him by then?"
"I understand!" This time, Ko Gohon was really convinced. "Thank you for your advice, Uncle Kazuma."


"I have to squander; otherwise, won't it be a waste of my parent's talent at earning money?" Hong Dali answers a reporter's question matter-of-factly. 

Just after the interview ends, Hong Dali opens the Great Prodigal System's interface and looks at the various good stuff displayed in it. Stroking his chin, he mumbles to himself, "I just need to squander 200 billion yuan more to exchange for the blueprint of the core technology, Engine Destruction, found in the strongest humanoid mecha weapon, Neo Granzon. Looks like I'll have to work harder!"

"I want to splurge! I want to squander!"


Space-Time Vortex to God-Devil Plane, 5 years Later

Five years went from the moment when the Holy Niflheim Empire left their homeworld, which was Low-Grade one, and went towards the broader and wider world out there. Not many things changed from that moment. Some of them changed though, for example, the construction of the Orbital Strategic Defense Fortress or O.S.D.F. was already almost done and only a few months were missing till the end of the construction. 

Another change was that several people were now undergoing Sacred Devourifiaction Process, namely, they were one of Lucien's future wives, Itori. Then there were two Holy Imperial Knights, Shen Tatara, and Arima Kishō. The last person undergoing the Sacred Devourification Process was surprisingly Madko Akira who was together with Holy Imperial Knight N0.3 Zelilios. 

Lucien was spending most of his time peacefully at the Charles Patricius: Our Transient Glory either training his Kenjutsu or reading books. He got a lot of free time and because of that he pondered a lot about their own cultivation system and compared it to the Divine Warrior Cultivation System rather often. 

"So you are saying that our cultivation system is our advantage and disadvantage at the same time?"

Aksed his grandfather Azrael as they both were in the training field of the Charles Patricius: Our Transient Glory after sparring. Both of them were resting after good spar and were waiting for their stamina to recover. As proper battle maniacs and as their race was battle race, the spar was something like deathmatch for other races. Even Lucien was all bloody and had many injuries who were healing at a visible rate. 

"Yes. The biggest advantage of our cultivation system is that it is stable and fast, which is a very rare and strong combination. We only need enough resources to refine our bodies and increase energy reserves to reach another realm. At the same time, this is also our disadvantage as for example we don't gain any additional abilities for our bodies as we refine them further. Compared to other body refining system, we obtained strength and speed of cultivation, but forsake any other abilities. This is the conclusion I have reached."

Said Lucien to his grandfather who was looking at his pitch-black scythe in his hands. After some time of thought, he looked at Lucien again and started talking.

"That may be the truth, but even so we have enough possibilities to balance things out. The first thing we need to ensure is the fact that every Sacred Devourer Ghoul is dual-cultivator and cultivating both energy and body. Another thing, I feel would help us greatly is focusing on the Dao of Weapon as a sword, spear and so on. Thanks to that we could reach a terrifying amount of power and together with our strong bodies and energy cultivation, we could balance out the lack of special abilities."

It was certainly the truth that compared to the Divine Warrior Cultivation System, which had special abiláities like Nascent Soul and others, their won cultivation system was severely lacking something like these. Even so, his grandfather now spoke good point. Even though it was a disadvantage, it could be balanced out with their energy cultivation and Dao of Weapon. Many members of their race were talented in the Dao of Weapon.

"Yes, that could be a good solution for the problems our race have. I still need some time in completely comprehending the Lesser Sword Dao. I have been in seclusion meditating already for two years and I have managed to comprehend almost half of it."

Dao of Weapon was a very powerful method, and Lucien just touched the gate of the true Dao, as he still didn't even reach the Lesser Sword Dao Realm. Even though he just scratched the true Dao, he still touched the realm of the Lesser Sword Dao and was close to comprehending and mastering the Lesser Sword Dao. Thanks to that, his combat prowess rose up considerably.

He spent some time reading various books with common knowledge about the Akashic Multiverse as he lacked many and many knowledge. At first, the first year he spent mostly with his future wives, Seira and Itori. After Itori went to the Sacred Devourification Process and Seira went to train more. 

After that, Lucien focused firstly at cultivating his body to increase his RC Level and then also, learning Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū sword style. Thanks to that, his Kenjutsu bloomed and also, managed to touch the Lesser Sword Dao. 

"Grandfather, how much have you progressed with your own Lesser Scythe Dao?"

Asked Lucien curiously as he talked more with his grandfather about weapon Doa. Now, in these days, there weren't many people who managed to comprehend and master entire Lesser Weapon Dao. They could be counted on one hand. 

"I have comprehended and mastered the Lesser Scythe Dao some time ago. Now I would have the power to kill Initial-Phase Marquise-Rank. Information we have about the God-Devil Plane are indicating the presence of the Pinnacle-Phase Marquise-Rank cultivators. Though the place we are heading, the Aizhouma Universe didn't have any particularly strong cultivators, there could still be some potential good fights."

Said his grandfather Azrael. In a meanwhile, Lucien looked at his record to see the percentage of comprehending the Lesser Sword Dao.

=============================================
Name: Lucien Etras di Aeon
Occupation: Executor of Akashic Records, Crown Prince of the Holy Niflheim Empire
Bloodline: Sacred Devourer
Race: Sacred Devoured Ghoul
-
Cultivation: None
Body Refining: Intermediate-Phase Viscount
Combat Prowess: Superior Advanced-Phase Viscount 
-
RC Type: Rinkaku, Ukaku
RC Level: 401,956
Energy Type: Psionic Energy
-
Kagune Rank: 1st-Tier Noble-Grade
Unique States: 
Permanent Tail - 2
Kakuja V1: Left-arm - body armor, right hand - kagune katana
Kakuja V2: Entire body armor without a mask, kagune katana
-
Abilities:
Sacred Devourer
 - Ability to devour any types of energy, bloodlines or bodies. It strengthens the host by some amount.

Divine Telekinesis 
- The most perfect form of the Telekinesis

Eight Celestial Inner Gates:
The Gate of Opening - Celestial Reflexes
The Gate of Healing - Celestial Regeneration
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Skills:
Kenjutsu 
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Dao:
Lesser Sword Dao (48%)
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Cultivation Techniques:
Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū
RC Body Refining Technique: Viscount Rank
Eight Celestial Inner Gates: The Gate of Healing (2nd Gate)
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Cross Crest:
Charles Patricius: Our Transient Glory
Blood-Essence Sacred Refining Furnace
=============================================

"Greatest Of All Times"

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"According to your situation, I suggest you raise a British Shorthair," Zhang Zian said to a customer who was hesitating about buying a cat.
"OK, let me consider." The customer had not decided yet.
"Eeek!"
Zhang Zian was startled, and he looked back to the stairwell to the second floor. He saw Pi extend its little head and beckon to him quietly, and then immediately withdrew its head.
"What is that sound?" The customer looked around and wondered. "Mr. Store Manager, do you have other pets besides cats, dogs, and birds?"
"No, I don't. It is the old stairs that creak when they are stepped upon." Zhang Zian made up an excuse. "Feel free to look at the pets here, and if you have any problems, you can ask the cashier for help. Now excuse me, I need to go upstairs."
After he finished the words, he quickly went back upstairs.
Recoiling in fear, Pi was waiting for him in front of the living room.
"What's wrong, Pi? Did something happen? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
He asked a series of questions.
Prior to this, Pi had never gone downstairs to find him. That was why he worried that something had happened to Pi. His greatest concern was that Pi may fall ill. He didn't know how to cure an Imaginative Elfin. Even if he could find a way to cure it, others would know about the fact that he was raising a monkey.
"Eeek!"
Pi pointed to the tablet computer anxiously, but it didn't look like it was sick.
Zhang Zian didn't understand what it was trying to say. "Go type on the desktop computer."
They entered the living room together. Pi jumped onto the swivel chair and typed in the Word document: I have tried several books, and only parts of the books could be read.
Zhang Zian didn't understand anything at first. He looked at the tablet computer, and he immediately relaxed and laughed. "Because the following chapters are only accessible until I have recharged my account. And I haven't, of course you can't read them."

Puzzled, Pi typed: Recharge?
"Yes, although web novels are not written on paper as the physical books are; just like rice, computers, drinking water, and clothes, they are also the products of the labor of others. Readers need to pay for most of the relatively exciting web novels. If the authors could not get paid for their labor, who would sit on the computer every night? Who does not know that playing games or watching movies is more comfortable than writing novels?" Zhang Zian explained.
Pi typed: Is it very expensive to recharge?
Zhang Zian said to himself that the price of reading online novels was indeed inexpensive, but the reading speed of Pi was too fast… However, he did not want Pi to have a psychological burden. So, he said casually, "As a pastime, reading online novels is very cheap, at least it is much cheaper than looking for a girlfriend... Pi, in which app do you mainly read online novels? I'll put some money in that app."
Pi was pointing at an icon on the screen of the tablet computer.
"Well, let me see how I can recharge my account in it." Zhang Zian took over the tablet computer, deliberately avoiding the eyes of Pi, and estimating how much money should be put in the app according to the reading speed of Pi. Finally, he made up his mind and added 1,000 Yuan into his account. 
"Well, Pi, you can choose whatever books you like." He handed the tablet back to it.
"Eeek!"
Pi took over the tablet and tried to open the previously locked chapters. Sure enough, it could read those chapters now. It immediately sat on the wicker hanging chair and enjoyed reading the novels.
Intimidated by the rapid reading speed of Pi, Zhang Zian felt sorry for his wallet. Pi really liked online novels so much that it actually went downstairs to find him for help.
Despite spending 1,000 Yuan on the reading app, Zhang Zian felt the money was well spent. Because Pi could read online novels from now on, it would not have such a great demand on physical novels, thus saving him a lot of time. He could devote more of his time to the day-to-day operations of his pet shop.
The only thing he was not sure of, was reading online novels a senseless measure for Pi? There were numerous online novels that even Pi could not finish reading in the foreseeable future. Would Pi increasingly isolate itself?

For the time being, he could not think of any other way. He had no choice but to let time tell him how Pi would turn out.
...
Pi gradually let its guard down in the pet shop. It no longer kept holding the untitled book all the time. When it was reading in the wicker hanging chair, it would casually put the untitled book next to the laptop on the desk.
Staring at the screen of the tablet intently, it was reading a wonderful part of a novel. It had just finished reading a chapter and swiped the screen gently with its finger as the page jumped to the next chapter.
"Pi, don't spend all your time reading books; get up and move around."
Pi looked up and saw that Zhang Zian had come to the wicker hanging chair and was looking at it with worry.
"Eeek!"
It waved its hand, suggesting that it would rest after finishing the current chapter. And then it lowered its head and continued reading. 
"Pi!"
Pi felt that Zhang Zian's tone sounded unusual. It looked up blankly, as if asking him what was going on. 
Zhang Zian said seriously, "Pi, you have been reading books for five consecutive hours, and you need to get up and move. Otherwise, you may be subject to some health issues. I'm playing hide-and-seek with Galaxy. Do you want to join us?"
"Meow!"
Galaxy appeared from behind him, staring at Pi with its silver-gray eyes.
"Meow! Pi, come and play hide-and-seek together?"
Pi looked alternately at both of them. Their expressions were very serious. Their eyes were full of fear and anxiety. They were clearly worried about Pi.
"Eeek?"
Pi stretched out a palm. It was asking if it had been reading for five hours.

Zhang Zian nodded. "Yes, when I got up in the morning, I discovered that you were reading. At that time, it was before 7 o'clock. Now it is 12 o'clock noon. I have just finished lunch and you haven't moved for at least five hours."
"Eeek."
Pi put down the tablet and jumped off the chair. Suddenly, it staggered and almost lost its balance. 
Zhang Zian rushed to support it. "Pi, are you okay?"
After reading books in the same posture for a long time, Pi found that the joints all over its body were stiff, especially the joints of its neck. Every time Pi moved its neck, it would creak like a rusted bearing. Its legs were already numb and couldn't move freely. 
"Eeek…"
Leaning its whole body against Zhang Zian, Pi put out a finger and wrote words in his palm: I'm fine. I will recover after taking a rest.
Zhang Zian looked at the frail Pi and could not help secretly regretting his choice. Why did he let Pi read online novels? Since Pi had nothing else to do, it would be fascinated by books. If Pi finished reading the limited number of physical books, it could take a rest. However, there were too many online novels. That was why it kept reading one book after another without resting.
He helped Pi into the wicker hanging chair to let it lie down and rest. He and Galaxy stood next to it to guard it. 
"Eeek."
Pi turned its head inwards, covering its face with its hands.
Zhang Zian guessed that it was saying "I'm sorry". So, he comforted it, "There is nothing to be sorry for, Pi, you just need to pay attention to the time you spend in reading."
Pi nodded.
After a while, the numbness in its legs vanished, and Pi jumped up from the wicker hanging chair despite Zhang Zian's concern.
"Eeek?"
It repeatedly raised its hands to cover its eyes and then removed its hands.

"Pi, do you want to play hide-and-seek with us?" Zhang Zian guessed its meaning.
Pi nodded, looking at Zhang Zian with uncertainty. "Eeek?"
"Of course, you are welcome to join us at any time." Zhang Zian laughed. "Right, Galaxy?"
"Meow! Welcome!" Galaxy said happily. "Let's play hide-and-seek together!"
"Wait a minute, I'm going to ask Famous to play with us. That guy has been sleeping all day long. It's time for it to wake up." Zhang Zian rushed downstairs.
After a while, he returned to the second floor with the sleepy Famous and asked, "Who is going to be the seeker? Let's decide by playing rock-paper-scissors! Ready? Rock, paper, scissors!"
Before anyone had time to refuse, he had arbitrarily decided that the seeker would be selected through rock-paper-scissors.
"Meow! Paper!"
"Eeek!"
"Excuse me?" said Famous. 
As a result, both Zhang Zian and Pi formed scissors with their hands, while Famous and Galaxy formed paper with their hands.
"Wow, ha-ha. Either of you will become the seeker!" Zhang Zian smirked.
Famous stared at its claws helplessly. "You're cheating! Galaxy and I can only form the shape of paper with our hands..."
"That I don't care!" Zhang Zian scoffed. "Anyway, which one of you will be the seeker? I don't think you two can decide by playing rock-paper-scissors. Would you like to flip a coin?"
He magically pulled out a coin and bounced it into the air. The coin fell back into his palm and was covered by his other hand.
"Heads or tails? Who will guess first?" he asked.
"Meow! Heads!" Galaxy answered first.


Famous was even more speechless. Isn't it obvious that I will lose to Galaxy when it comes to guessing heads or tails? The probability of me winning is simply zero!
Zhang Zian looked at Famous mischievously and asked, "Famous, so you will choose tails?"
"No, I don't choose either side. I admit defeat." Famous sighed. "Forget it, I'll be the seeker. Why are you bullying me today?"
"What are you talking about? We were not bullying you! You lost in the rock-paper-scissors!" Zhang Zian laughed. "Just go to count—right, you must not use your sense of smell to seek us, you will be cheating if you do!"
"You are in no position to accuse others of cheating!" Famous reluctantly found a corner. Facing the wall, it closed its eyes and said, "1,2,3,4..."
Galaxy first sought a place to hide. Zhang Zian squeezed its eyes to Pi and gestured that they should hide in different places.
Pi had seen Zhang Zian and Galaxy play hide-and-seek before, but it was the first time that Pi personally participated in this game. It had been staying in the living room almost all the time and was not familiar with other rooms. Since it did not know where to hide, it finally hid itself under the desk.
After counting to 100, Famous opened its eyes and looked around. If Famous could use its sense of smell, it would be very easy for Famous to find the hiders. Even if its sense of smell was not allowed in this game, Famous just needed to spend more time to find them. After all, the pet shop was not a very large space. 
Famous had a bright idea. It yelled, "Stop hiding, I saw you!"
"Eeek!"
Since Pi was playing hide-and-seek for the first time, it didn't know that Famous was playing tricks. Believing that Famous had really spotted it, Pi got panicked and got out from the desk. Bang! It moved too fast and its head slammed into the desk.
"Eeek!"
Pi was in so much pain that it fell and sat on the ground, grabbing its head and sobbing.
The desk swayed twice, and the untitled book at the corner of the desk fell to the floor and spread out.


1. Download a suspicious game
2. Catch a few magical pets as partners
3. Go through interesting daily routines and lead the pet shop to a whole new level

Now pleased with the fact that he already felt stronger just from his first day of lessons, Lance wasted no time while back in his room and began reading more about alchemy so that soon, he would be able to try and start down that trade. 

And so, with many new goals in his mind, and teachers who wanted nothing more than for him to succeed, Lance continued as a student for two years and would only learn about new clan affairs through letters delivered to him. 

As expected, Lance was able to breakthrough into the 1st rank as a mystic after only the first month of his training, while now he was very close in breaking through to the 2nd rank. However, what shocked everyone who was paying attention in the Griffin Academy, Lance was able to in this time, also break into the 2nd rank as a warrior. 

The Griffin Academy, preferred students to remain lower ranked mystics, so that they could be well above average during each breakthrough, however, even with this in mind, Lance's willingness to spend all day into night training and becoming stronger and researching more, has allowed him to grow his strength a a normal mystic student at a different academy would without such shackles. 

Over the two years, Lance was now able to create 1st grade medical pills using the cauldron that the academy provided to every student. Due to this, Lance was able to build a small amount of wealth, while bartering with the teacher in charge of the school's finances to allow him to purchase materials at a low price. 

It was looked down upon by many jealous students, but because of his physical strength as a 2nd rank warrior expert, Lance was able to spar with mystics of the 2nd and 3rd ranks without falling too far behind. Each spar usually ended with Lance running out of strength from being bombarded by countless spells, or him getting close enough to his opponent in order to land a critical blow. 

With the help of Lily, Lance had learned more about the human anatomy and was even given some books on demonic beast's anatomies. With this level of knowledge, Lance's healing type techniques and skills became even stronger and more effective. However, Lily made it clear that he was still only a beginner as far as being a light elemental mystic was concerned. 

After attending both the introductory class in the morning and training with Lily in the afternoon for one year, Lily put in a request for Lance to allow his schedule to be altered. She understood half way through the year that Lance wanted to become a dual master and was showing very good progress in this regard, so she wanted to support this. 

Therefore, the dean also approved for Lance to spend his mornings training with his swordsmanship among other basic exercises which most experts of the warrior path would do daily to keep up with their training, while in the afternoon, Lily would help teach him many different light element skills. 

Some of these skills were of course for healing himself and his companions, but there were other types of basic skills that Lily wanted to teach him including creating a ball of light in order to light up a dark area, to even skills using the light element in more unconventional ways. 

And of course after dinner for several hours before falling asleep, Lance spent that time working on his alchemy skills and research. It was a normal speed of growth for an individual who wanted to become an alchemist to reach the level to create 1st grade pills within the first two years, but since Lance wasn't focused on this all day every day, it showed that he actually had what it took to genuinely succeed in this type of trade. 

Due to his recent breakthrough into reaching a one hundred percent success rate with creating 1st grade pills, Lily told Lance that he could take one week off from attending her class and should use this time to celebrate his success over the past two years. At first, Lily wasn't very fond of Lance, but seeing him grow at such an astonishing rate, allowed her to warm up more to him and care more about his well being and future. 

Now that it was a full week later after discussing this with her, Lance was now eagerly training his swordsmanship in the morning and was excited to see Lily once again to see what type of new training she might have in mind for him. He was now like a sponge that constantly absorbed information and was able to pick things up right away. 

This was not unusual for someone of the mystic path, because mystics were forced to become more in tune with the natural environment around them. In this regard, it allowed mystics to use their intelligence and mental capabilities for a much longer period of time.

With his clan declining quickly, Lance has no choice but to do what many experts choose not to, become a dual master; training as both a warrior and a mystic.

Only by becoming stronger on a much harder journey, would Lance have the opportunity to not only assist his clan, but to take one step closer to immortality!

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The year 1990

"HEHEHE! Finally, I received the letter from Hogwarts…I'm so happy! I need to go and get Ali and Alf to ask them if they can accompany me" said Drake in a happy tone after he received an Owl which brought a letter from Hogwarts. He knows that his dad is the headmaster but even so, he needs to receive these formalities. He went to the living room of his house and suddenly a five-coloured cat of his size appeared in the middle of the room and fell on his lap, with a wave of his wand that was with him he felt the distortion in space and used "Arresto Momentum" to decrease the fall of his cat to avoid smashing him or breaking anything from the room.

"Hey Z, where did you go? I was looking for you?! "asked Drake to the Zouwu beast. The Zouwu started snuggling on his lap while opening his mouth. 

"Oh, so you went to eat, nice, nice!"

Drake started to pet the cat behind her ears and started to think about the 2 years since his 9th birthdays. He thought about how difficult it was to master the basics of Legilimens and Occlumency but at least he could already see the through the muggles thoughts and few Wizards with weak minds. He can also protect his mind against weak Legilimens spells too. He still remembers when he went to follow Hagrid in secret and discovered a passage to the muggle world and he had the idea of training Legilimens on muggles. Of course, when he returned home, there was his Dad and the prime minister of magic waiting for him. He was grounded for 1 month without using magic and his wand, hat and bag was confiscated. 

"Damm…I just don't want to be grounded ever again…it was the worst days of my life, well if don't get caught doing some pranks…I won't get grounded hehe!" said a rumbling Drake with a little evil smile on his face. Z started to shake her head while looking at him like "Oh please, just grow up already!!"

Another memory appears has he thinks about all the time he spent with Z his Zouwu beast, she started to grow and with her, the powers to warp space started to manifest and with it countless broken objects. The pranks he made to the muggles world when she escaped with him…oh it was simply too funny…and one more time the punishments were ready when he arrived home...it seems he was always caught by his Dad. 

He also thinks about how he uses his time-turner to have a few additional hours. He only goes back in time at maximum time 5 hours a day and not all days…since time laws a very strict and ageing is one big problem too. Even with these limitations, he looks older than a typical eleven years old boy.  Well at least he could master the basics of alchemy and his magic garden already has few magic plants inside it. He also discovered that alchemy is connected to potion-making and chemistry, a muggle science.  Because of this, he asked his dad to buy a few basic books about chemistry, biology, electronics and computation. With this knowledge, he could finally make some panaceas to cure some diseases and other things to calm down some beasts or to attract them. He also started to get some ideas to increase the efficiency of his experiments without spending much mana or time to do it.

He also trained in healing magic. However, to use it you need to spend a lot of magic and have perfect manipulation of it. He still hasn't achieved perfect manipulation and practising it would leave him spent for a day. He started to read some anatomy books from muggles to understand better the human body, of course, he knows that wizards and muggles are different. But most of the body is equal, except for the capacity to use magic. As he keeps thinking about the three years that passed by, Alina and Alfred returned home and see their master with an absent look.

"Young master are you okay?" asked Alina.

Drake come back to his senses and responds

"Why do you still call me young master? You are free elves now, I asked dad and he permitted me to free both you. You can call me by my name."

"We know, young master and now has free elves we want to continue you to call you young master, you can't order us now heheheh! Replied Alina, followed by a nod of Alfred.

"So, why did you call us here young master?" asked Alfred.

Drake walks to them and delivers them the letter he received. Wendy grabs the letter and opens it; she lets Alfred see it too.
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1st Page

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Headmaster: Dad

Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear Mr, Dumbledore Jr

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.

Yours sincerely, Dad
...…........
2nd Page

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Uniform

First-year students will require:
1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4. One winter cloak (black, with silver fastenings)

Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags.
Course Books

All students should have a copy of each of the following:
   - The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk
 - A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot
 - Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
 - A Beginners Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch
 - One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore
 - Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
 - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
 - The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Karpov

Other Equipment:
• 1 wand
• 1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
• 1 set of glass or crystal vials
• 1 telescope
• 1 set brass scales

You cannot have your broomstick, 
Also, just because I'm your dad don't think that I won't punish you.
..........
"Oh, it seems it was your dad who personally wrote your letter of admission" commented Alfred.

"Yeah…" replied an absent-minded Drake.

"This will be very easy for a young master; you will have a very easy time. You also have all the items here" said Alina while she finished reading it.

"Yeah, so I wanted to give you this news hehehe!" 

"Well thank you, young master. By the way, I see that Z manage to come inside without breaking anything" said Alina while she petted Z in the head, she clicks her fingers and a small piece of fresh meat appears in her hand and she gives it to Z.

"You two just spoil her too much" complained Drake.

"So, little Drake, how are the rest of your beasts?" asked Alfred.

When Alfred asked this question, Drake started to think about how he got his beasts, the first one was when he went on a trip with his dad, Alfred, Alina, Newt, and Tina. To New Zealand, and when they were travelling through the mountains and found a bunch of illegal hunters attacking an Antipodean Opaleye female Dragon. When we arrived there, we fought the illegal hunters and captured them but unfortunately, the mother dragon was dying already. According to Newt, it seems that she just delivered her baby dragons when she was attacked. Newt took them and gave me one and I called her Jade. 

Another monster that I have it, is a Swooping Devil, offered by Uncle Newt in my 10th birthday. I called her Greenie…yup all females...and finally, I have 3 headed-dog given to me by Hagrid since he had two of them. 

As Drake still thinking about the past, he woke up with Alina and Alfred waving their hands at him.

"Sorry…I was thinking about these 3 years…well, they are fine, only this guy manages to get out from the suitcase" said a nostalgic Drake.

"Young master should not be thinking about the past, but the present. So shall we go to the Gringotts bank in The Leaky Cauldron" said Alina.

"Yeah just let me grab my magic hat," said Drake, in these 3 years, he also managed to control the magic hat. He can summon with just a though objects from it but not living things. Although the objects need to be a certain size and weight...with a little magic he can summon anything directly from his suitcase.

"Okey" replied both Elves.

This is a story about a boy who was adopted by Albus Dumbledore during the first wizarding war against The Dark Lord Voldemort. Follow him and his friends, beasts and other stuff on the adventure.

P.S I don’t own the harry potter franchise or anything related to it. They belong to the J.K. Rowling and her associates.

p.s 2 the photo is from Jaylen blog all credits to them (http://chauwerenalzgum.blogspot.com/2013/01/fanart-harry-potter-snape.html)

Author notes: 
1-	This is a story that will be during the time of the cannon of harry potter. The MC will be maybe ½ years older than the trio.
2-	There will be romance and probable harem but only later. Since I don’t think 11 years old kid will start to think with their d*** at that age. And the romance will be built not like those typical harem novels where the MC sees a beautiful girl and start to f*** her.
3-	The story will be restricted (18+) of course because this will have mature content…I will warn in the titles thou.
4-	Finally, I’m noob writer…and I started to write once but I failed…since I started my master degree. The schedule will be erratic

Dyon walked along a moving floor, heading back to the same pillar he had met Libro in – Patia-Neva Pillar. Looking down at the white card in his hand, he sighed. 
'After all that, it seems like I'll be stuck with books on just the first level,' he smirked, 'Delia's never going to fall for me if I have to ask her for help at every turn'. 
Thinking back to Meiying, Dyon chuckled, 'she's definitely not simple either. I felt like I was almost being used, but what complaints would I ever have about such a pretty little lady needing my services?'
Dyon's eyes flashed with seriousness. He knew he needed an action plan. 
For one, the currency system in this martial world was entirely different. Dyon was so poor here that he couldn't even afford a ride on the silver yacht. Secondly, there's the matter of access. Being restricted to just the first level wasn't a big deal for now, but considering Dyon's speed reading ability, he knew he'd finish the entire first level in about 2 months at the most, and that was if he read things useless to him. And that wasn't accounting for the increase his speed would undergo as he further familiarized himself with the technique. 
Dyon shook his head, 'these people are so petty. By my performance, I definitely deserve higher floor access. But considering their anger, being frozen out might be the best possible outcome. I'll have to publicize my future accomplishments so that they have no choice but to follow the rules in the future.' 
Dyon's eyes glazed over in thought. In truth he had many ideas, but they needed time to be implemented. With just 1 week before classes started, Dyon didn't have much time before his freedom was cut down by almost half. 
'This money thing is going to be an issue…'
Although Dyon had his wrist bands to preserve the food he brought from home, considering how much he ate, that would last another 2 weeks at the most. After that, he'd need money to eat. And that's not even speaking on how he would protect himself. 
Currently, the school had hundreds of factions. But there were about 5 main ones. Dyon had no doubt in his mind that those chosen would create their own factions or join already prestigious ones. This meant that soon, Dyon wouldn't have just them to worry about, he'd have however many hundreds decided to throw their pride away to kowtow to those annoying family names to worry about as well. 
'I'll need to make a name for myself before even considering forming a faction, but there are other things I can do.'
Dyon had been pleasantly surprised to find out that, in addition to student lead factions, there were also pillar factions that kept the school running. These acted almost as a profession for students. The library was considered one. But, Dyon immediately crossed it off his list. Unfortunately, he didn't do this willingly. According the faction rules, only those of the Sapientia family could become members. Also, it required having knowledge of the first 600 levels to be admitted. Unlike the student formed factions, that were more free-form, pillar factions had strict rules and guidelines to be met, as well as their own internal ranking systems that provided higher tier members with extra benefits. Of course, that isn't to say that student run factions don't have their own admittance tests. But that was mostly held to just the 5 or so main factions. 
Dyon had been especially interested because of the increased possibility of accessing the inner library, but he was also realistic. It just wasn't possible for him right now. 
There were also sports factions. But, as you might imagine, Dyon had never heard of these sports before. If it was a simple matter of reading the rules, he would have considered it. However, Dyon knew that these sports factions required understanding of the martial world he simply didn't have right now. 
Despite his lack of true understanding of the martial world, Dyon knew that the key to being great in anything was great fundamentals. But, the issue was that he had no access to the best fundamental techniques. In fact, he wasn't sure if anyone in Focus Academy had access to such a thing. 
'The problem of money and cultivation techniques both require the same action plan. I just need to make significant enough contributions. But, the latter will take significantly more time to deal with. So, aside from cultivating, I need another way to increase my strength while I take my time to research the best methods of cultivation for myself'.
This was, of course, easier said than done. Dyon had narrowed down the possibilities of pillar factions down, but it was still difficult to choose with his lack of knowledge. 
'There's the Array Alchemy faction, the forging faction, the creature breeding faction, and the philosophy debate faction. Of those 4 that I've narrowed down, it's probably best to go with Alchemy.'
Although the idea of what creatures the martial world might raise piqued Dyon's interest, he had no way of knowing how long it would take to make significant contributions to a faction that required raising animals. For all he knew, it could take decades to raise a decent creature. And even then, he would have to give it away for him to garner any of the basic benefits he was looking for. At first, he had thought of the possibility of using beasts as a proxy for his strength, but the time needed was again a barrier.
As for the philosophy debate faction, Dyon once again had to push the idea away because he simply didn't know enough. It was clear that a faction of philosophy was important to a world based in understanding the wills of things, but without a clear understanding himself, even marginally contributing would be difficult. And the crux of the matter was that if he wanted to profit from joining, it would again take time to build up a reputation, so others would be willing to pay to listen to his lectures. 
The forging faction was quite a good choice, but it required high cultivation levels to improve at a steady pace. Without appropriate strength, it would be impossible to forge the materials of the martial world, or even handle the environment needed to mold said materials. 
That left the Array Alchemy faction. According to the book Libro had given him, Dyon understood that this faction might be his only real chance at improving his prestige and pockets. 
Having made his choice, Dyon spun on his heels. He could look for his room later, but now, it was more important to do more research. So, he headed back towards the library. 
When Dyon had initially seen the name of the faction, he had been intrigued. Had the faction represented just one or the other, either Arrays or Alchemy, Dyon might have understood. But, to be both, really gave Dyon a rare moment of confusion. 
Dyon walked into the library to find it to be in the same state he left it in. It must have been almost midnight by now, but it seemed like the students hadn't noticed. 
'Maybe there's some technique that also reduces the amount of sleep you need?'
Dyon had previously thought that this might be a possibility, but since he was on a time crunch, he hadn't asked Libro. 
Standing in front of the grandiose desk, Dyon waved at the monitor.
It flickered to life to reveal Libro shaking his head, "you're really reckless you know. Had you misread the situation even a bit, you would be dead." 
Dyon smiled a devious smile, "so you have cameras in more areas than just the libraries? Interesting." 
A wry smile spread across Libro's lips, "don't get any funny ideas now. I am completely neutral."
"For now," Dyon said tilting his head in a knowing smile before continuing, "I'm thinking of joining the Array Alchemy faction, so I need whatever books this first level card you gave me can get on them and their area of expertise."
Libro's eyes flashed with something that looked like disappointment, "you know, I could put in a good word for you and help you join the Library and Research faction."
"Thank you Libro," Dyon said sincerely, "But I don't think I'd like to join the Sapientia family."
Libro sighed, "I understand. If you ever change your mind in the future, we're always looking for intelligent lads like you." 
Libro really was disappointed. He had just watched Dyon learn a speed reading technique that only the top percentage of the Sapientia family knew. He had only given it to Dyon to help Delia fulfill her favor and because he never thought he'd be able to learn it. Now an elite technique of the Sapientia family was out in the world and the person who had it wasn't willing to join them. 
"But Dyon, there are other factions you could join. The Array Alchemy faction is dead in the water. Not to even mention the fact that since you only have access to the first floor, any of their advanced techniques aren't available to you. Even if you had Delia's card you would be at a loss. In fact, I don't believe Focus Academy has a single advanced technique with connection to the Array Alchemy faction regardless of floor."
Dyon, of course, knew all of this. But he had no choice. Only a faction like this would, for one, accept him, and also have a low requirement for cultivation. 
"I know Libro, I know," Dyon said softly, "Although the fact the entire academy doesn't have any advanced techniques is surprising, I'll have to continue forward with them. From the faction description, not only does this faction have the most potential, it is by far the easiest for me to advance in."
The Array Alchemy faction had 2 members, none of which had reached past the 2nd common grade level of understanding. Considering professionals had to be of the 5th common grade to be recognized across the universe, this was a poor showing for Focus Academy. 
But, with this came an amazing opportunity for Dyon. To become a main member of this faction and possibly become a 5th common grade Array Alchemist would mean his value would be indispensable to the academy. He'd essentially become untouchable. The reason was simple. Whereas the array alchemy factions was dead here, its importance was still unprecedented. The only reason they were looked down on at Focus Academy was because the efficacy of their products was so low that anything of value had to be mostly imported. This meant that Focus Academy lacked a self-sustained array alchemy expert. This was perfect for Dyon. 
"I won't deny that Array Alchemy has supreme value. But, to become a great Array Alchemist means being nothing short of a monster," Libro shook his head, 'what am I saying, this kid IS a monster."
Dyon smiled, seeming to have read Libro's thought.
"I can't begin my road in the martial world yet because I don't want to begin without the proper cultivation technique, this means I'll be quite weak for the time being. But, Array Alchemy from the 1st to 9th common grade doesn't require my power being high. I only need an understanding of plants, array theory, a refined spirit and plenty of practice drawing arrays and grafting plants together. I can do this," he looked at Libro, eyes burning with determination. 
Dyon was right. In the basic first 9 grades of Array Alchemy, the range of will manipulation necessary was within a range that, even though it might be taxing, it was still possible with still in the most basic level of martial world cultivation. What Libro didn't know is that Dyon had another wild idea prepared for once he started down this path.
Libro's eyes softened, "I'll make an exception. Since even the so-called array alchemists of our school don't check out these books, I'll give you a copy of every array alchemy related book we have at Focus Academy." 
Dyon smiled a wide smile, "I'm about to make a splash." 

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"You're too arrogant."

To Dyon, it seemed as though these words were heard all the time.

However, how could these people possibly know of all his hard work? Of the fact that sleep was but a distant relative of his. How could they know that he never had a single moment to rest. 

And yet, despite their ignorance, they still said, "you're too arrogant..."

But where were those people when a five-year-old Dyon's eyes shone looking at a computer screen filled with code? Where were those people when an eight-year-old Dyon played his piano and plucked his guitar strings until his fingers bled... needing to vent his feelings about his lost mother without bothering his fatigued father? Where were those people when Dyon sat alone at ten-years-old… when his parents were gone, and the only thing left was a room filled with inventions and computers?

Dyon's arrogance wasn't borne of thin air. It was his hard work. It was his shield. And he wasn't willing to give it up...

Now alone, he left his home behind. 

He was no longer the boy genius who changed the human mortal realm. He was now nothing but a commoner, a bug noble families saw fit to step on. An insignificant existence. 

And yet, Dyon was still the same unchanging person. Standing tall, his eyes firm and his will indomitable.  

This so-called Martial World would come to understand the meaning behind his existence...



**Excerpt** 
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"You're quite bold for a girl who's almost been recluse for her whole life you know," Dyon said chuckling.

"Little sister Delia and Meiying probably think so too, but you've been in my heart since the opening ceremony. Maybe not exactly in this way… But sometimes a foot in the door for a long time leads to a fully open one, no?"

Dyon smiled, 'it seems like she's been watching from afar for a long time… it must be lonely being in that room with Libro all the time.'

Dyon felt a delicate hand playing with his collar, "the truth is that I'm always playing the gentle big sister role, mostly because I have no idea how much longer I'll have the chance to…"

The vulnerability in her voice made Dyon tremble. Madeleine was so strong, yet it seemed even martial artists had their weaknesses too. 

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RMW happens to be the very first novel I've ever written. I have to admit that the first volume requires a lot of work. However, from the second volume onward I am confident in saying that it becomes a ride just as enjoyable as some of the best wuxia novels available. If you happen to read that far, and disagree, feel free to join our discord and call me an idiot for wasting your time, LMAO. I hope you guys stick it out to the end 

In all the worlds, those who can cultivate mana could become master cultivators, going beyond the ordinary beings while being revered. Those who have no cultivation are the people who are the lowest class in society. They are not even treated like humans who have human rights on earth, they would even be sold as slaves or luckily be chosen as servants but their life is not shown equal importance than the life of a master cultivator. 

The mana storage is the primal foundation of a master cultivator's mana, which they improve through cultivation. It is located inside the master cultivator's body which is inside a spiritual space that doesn't share the same physical space as the cultivator's internal organs. It is divided into 12 known ranks of prominent realms which are further divided into four minor realms: initial stage, middle stage, late stage, and peak stage. While the other realms after the 5th realm could only be accessible by mortal master cultivators who have the understanding of their path.

Spiritual suitability is what could determine how far someone's rank, achievement, strength, or power will be able to reach. The most common knowledge for master cultivators is the perception that there are only 4 grades of spiritual suitability. The 4 grades are: 1st grades, 2nd grades, 3rd grades, and 4th grades.
 
The 1st grades have a mana storage filled with mana to the brim. Master cultivators who have such suitability are exceptional because they have the potential to reach rank 5 or even have an opportunity to become an immortal. The 2nd grades have mana almost filled to the brim, this suitability is desirable and the highest prominent realm achievable is rank 3 to 4. The 3rd grades has a mana storage that is half full and their mana is restored slower than cultivators that have the 2nd grades, the highest realm they could reach are rank 2 or 3. The 4th grades or the last grades have the weakest suitability in having mana, the highest realm achievable with this grade is only rank 1 but if they work hard, they could possibly reach rank 2 initial stage.

But there are also fortuitous encounters, situations, or chances when a person has the production of high quality to potent mana. This people are known as superior human beings. Because of this, they may have a body greater than the limits of a normal master cultivator.

...

Drip, drip, drip

The spring rain quietly stopped raining down onto the dry earth.
As the sun rises, a slight breeze was blowing with the light rain that then quieted down as warmth was starting to fill the headland.

The headland was no longer covered by darkness; from the village to the shore, it was slightly bright as there was a feast that was about to be celebrated.

Lights still shone from the buildings which were less than a thousand in number. Located on the headland near the seashore was a castle protected by gigantic walls, it was the city of Artoria. A grand celebration was planned to happen for tomorrow.

In a house situated there, a family lived in peace preparing for the test and feast to happen. There were still chores and works to do early in the morning to prepare for the celebration which would happen after the spiritual suitability test or otherwise known as the rising ceremony for the students who would take the first step of mana cultivation.

"Rin, wake up!" A loud knock could be heard behind the door.

"Mm..." he mumbled as he turned over. 'Who is that calling for me? It's still too early...' He dimly opened his eyes but immediately closed it to protect it from the dazzling ray of the sun. He then buried his face deeper into his pillow.

"RIN! AR! TO! RIA!" the door was then knocked twice as loud as it ever was, than before.

'This voice... it sounds familiar... isn't this dad's voice?!' He blasted up and dashed out of bed. 'Forget about my breakfast, I even forgot to brush my teeth before dad banged the door again!'

"Son, if you don't get out immediately, I'm going to move on to the switch!" Saying these words, his dad let out a grin.

"I-I'm coming dad!" He pulled on his pair of shoes and hurried out.

As he went out of the door, he saw his dad with a middle-aged man's appearance, his sideburns were greying out and he was clothed with a fancy white robe with a belt that shows his rank three cultivation.

"You weren't still sleeping, were you?" He raised an eyebrow at his messiness. Being a man of righteousness and discipline, Roman, his father dislikes it when others didn't heed to the similar principles like he has. "Have you forgotten that tomorrow you'll participate in the rising ceremony?" He pointed at the calendar.

"O-of course not! I was just... reading some books." He blushed from embarrassment as a sheepish smile projected in his face.

"Sigh, no need for excuses. Just go on with your training and after, prepare yourself properly for the ceremony." He snorted and turned away facing the kitchen.

Rin took quick steps as he arrived at the back of their house where a practice dummy made of wood was placed on the center of their backyard. He did his warm-ups and started hitting the dummy with his practice sword. He swinged, slashed and dashed towards the dummy but he stopped when his father called for him.

"Son, your second uncle is here, come quickly. He has something to tell you."

"I'm coming dad!" He sheathed his practice sword and used the collar of his robe to remove the sweat on his forehead.

....

"Second uncle, you've called for me?" He bowed to the middle-aged man who had a fit body build and showed his respects to him, who is his relative.

"Oh yes, yes. I have been looking for you. I heard you're going to participate in the rising ceremony?" He smiled as he gazed at Rin.

"Yes, I am going to participate, hopefully I'm going to succeed all the challenges, trials and tests in the ceremony." He nodded.

Truly his second uncle, was glad to hear about this. Ever since Rin was a small child, he was known as a genius within the city. He knew how to speak their language when he was only 3 months old and finished reading numerous academic research books, journals and more when he was 5 years old.

His Intelligence was above any average child that's why he was considered as the future of their clan. And if the rising ceremony would show that his spiritual suitability is above the 2nd grade, then he'll really be taken care by the clan leader and be shown as a really valuable cultivator in the clan.

Humans are good and nobody is evil on Earth for all of us have conscience and the heart created by God.

But the three main realms (human, heaven, and earth) of the multi-verse is different!

The old past was now remembered just like a dream, the same being that he was from the past will be changed anew.

A story of a wicked immortal who awakened from his slumber.

In a multi-verse vast and developing with mortals and immortals.

This cruel demon will strike with all his might to go against the fate and descend with eternal life.

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Author's Note:

1.) I do not own the cover photo of this book. I hope all would understand and support me, the author. (^^)

2.) This was supposed to be a Xuanhuan genre of a novel but I guess it's generally a fantasy.

Xiao An walked slowly to the exit as she pulled her luggage. Walking outside, she asked a taxi driver to bring her to the address that she provided.

After paying the driver, Xiao An slowly walked forward to the apartment building. It's a two-storey building with ten rooms in each floor. When she passed the National College Entrance Examination, she enrolled to the top notch and most expensive university in whole China. The 'Royal Academy of China' which was located in Shanghai. After passing the entrance exam, she applied for the 'Special Academic Excellence Scholarship Program'. Only ten students with a score of 95% and above in National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) + 95% of the Royal Academy of China Entrance Examination (RACEE) + 95% Average Percentage Grade of the Report Card will be accepted and the student needs to maintain his/her average percentage grade A+ or 95% and above. With SAESP, the 30 thousand Yuan fee per semester will be free.

After confirming her admission to RA, Bai Yuehan get her an apartment and paid one year of the rental fee in advance. It's thirty minutes ride from the Academy. Bai Yuehan did not let her stay in the RA Dorm as he knew his daughter preferred privacy and silent surroundings and additional rooms for her wires, other equipments and tools.

Using the key, Xiao An opened the door of the last room in the second floor. The room has a small living room and a kitchen, three bedrooms and one bathroom. It's the biggest room in the apartment building. Her parents left her a sum of 300 thousand Yuan plus 600 thousand Yuan from the Death Insurance and another 100 thousand Yuan from another life insurances. 

Xiao An did a little cleaning before arranging her luggage. After she settled, she opened her laptop and visited an online shopping site. After ordering her necessities, she took a nap.

She was awakened by the sound of the door bell. Her groceries has arrived. The next day, her appliances were delivered one after another.

One week later,,,

A figure in a white sneakers with a loose long white sleeve collared blouse with small slit in the arms, slightly fitted blue jeans, a braided black hair with a big frame eye wear, was standing in front of a gigantic white gate with a big wordings of 'WELCOME TO ROYAL ACADEMY' engraved above in the gate's arch.

Xiao An was looking in the big gate in a dazed while many students were rustling in the first day of school year.

'Mom, Dad...Did you see me now in heaven? I'm starting my 1st day in college now. My 1st day in RA....'

Xiao An took a deep breath, 'I can do this,Fighting!'

RA was covered by greens and the buildings were all painted in white. The students were passing by and walking through in solo, pair and by group. All with aristocratic auras in the air. Even though she looked a little bit different, it does not change her mood. This is one of her dreams. To be one of the students in RA, to make millions on her own and to travel around the world...'Sigh'

As she was walking, other students were also curiously looking at her. Xiao An did not mind them and walked straight to Electronic Engineering Department.

She's just a normal college student. A genius on her own. When her parents died, she has no others to depend on but only her ownself.

He's the King of Underworld. The Lord among the Lords. The Devil among devils. He has no fear as he is the Fear.

Fate played a big role and interlaced their path. What would happen if a sudden genius beat a certain King in his own game?

"So it turned out to be a quest..."

Soo Hyuk had hoped that it wouldn't be a linked quest, but the reality was cruel. On the spot the red dot indicated on the map, was a blue book. It was also a book he had read before. Soo Hyuk checked the title again.

"Karu the 1st"

The title of the book was Karu the 1st.

'A linked quest...'

He had wished for a normal quest but it turned out to be a linked quest. Although linked quests usually gave better rewards, their difficulty was usually significantly higher.

Soo Hyuk pulled 'Karu the 1st' out from the bookshelf, then walked to another bookshelf. After he picked out five more books, he went to a reading desk and opened 'Karu the 1st.'

.

.

.

Who can take my treasure?

.

.

.

'As expected, the contents of this book didn't change either.'

Soo Hyuk had read the book before but he wondered if the contents might've changed. But it looked like the contents of books would stay the same no matter what. Soo Hyuk then closed the book.

[Special Quest – Karu's Treasure Trove has been created.]

['Karu's Treasure Map' has been consumed.]

[You have obtained 'Karu's Treasure Map 2'.]

The blue light disappeared from the book and a message window appeared.

"...?"

He thought that only one message would appear, but he received three messages after reading the book. With a puzzled expression, Soo Hyuk opened his quest window and checked his new quest.

[Special Quest – Karu's Treasure Trove]

Follow the map and find Karu's treasure trove!

[Quest Reward: ??? ]

'...As expected.'

Was it because it was a linked quest? Unlike 'Karu's Heirloom', the description for 'Karu's Treasure Trove' was vague.

'No, the map could be really detailed.'

There was also the fact that this quest had a map to guide him unlike most other special quests. Even if the description was vague, the map could be detailed. Didn't the previous treasure map give an extremely detailed directions, clearly depicting the Matab Library?

Soo Hyuk closed his quest window and opened his inventory. He then brought out the new map and looked at the title.

'...Devil's Nest?'

Soo Hyuk's expression hardened when he opened the map. Devil's Nest. The words Devil's Nest were written on top of the map. It was the first time he had heard of it. Since he didn't know where this Devil's Nest was, how could he complete the quest?

'Hmm?'

He suddenly had a thought.

'Maybe Yeon Jung knows?'

Maybe Yeon Jung, who had stepped into the world of rankers long ago, knew where the Devil's Nest was? Soo Hyuk opened his friend window and checked Yeon Jung's status.

'...hmm, do not disturb'

Yeon Jung was currently blocking all notifications. Disheartened, Soo Hyuk closed his friend window and reopened his inventory.

'Let's take it slow.'

If the quest location wasn't near Matab, it would be difficult for him. No, he wouldn't even bother trying at all. That is, until he read all the books in Matab Library, he wasn't going to leave the city. Soo Hyuk stopped thinking about the quest and dived into the stack of books on his left.

* * *

"Will you go to the Tower of Wind now?"

"I will. Deputy Park, thank you for your time. 

"No, it was my pleasure."

Adilo replied in response to Kim Hyuk's words.

'He actually managed to obtain a special job in the end...'

Kim Hyuk had been harping on about special occupations since the start, and he had obtained one in the end.

'A Rank 4 Magician.'

Adilo, who started as a Rank 6 Magician, could only become a Rank 4 Magician after hitting level 200. But Kim Hyuk managed to start as a Rank 4 Magician.

'There's nothing money can't solve...'

Adilo experienced first hand the full might of money while guiding Kim Hyuk. 

"I'll see you tomorrow then."

Kim Hyuk said.

"Have a nice day, sir."

Adilo said while dripping with politeness. Then when Kim Hyuk logged out, Adilo let out a sigh in relief.

"Hah..."

Adilo slowly smiled after ridding himself of his polite attitude.

'I'm finally free.'

Following Kim Hyuk and coaching him was quite the chore for Adilo. But now, he was free to do whatever he wanted.

Adilo shivered with joy at his freedom. Then he had a thought.

'Is he still at the library?'

He had tried to kill him, but he himself was killed instead. 5 days had passed since then would he still be at the library?

'Let's check first.'

He was free to do whatever he wanted anyway, so Adilo decided to check if the player called Soo Hyuk was still reading at the library. Was it his newfound freedom? Or was it the anticipation? Whatever the reason, Adilo found himself almost skipping towards the library.

'But what exactly happened then?'

The poison that had killed him when he tried to kill Soo Hyuk.

'It definitely wasn't him.'

Soo Hyuk definitely wasn't the one that had cast the poison skill. After all, he was clearly a beginner.

'Did a passing ranker decide to help?'

Was it a passing ranker that decided to help?

'No, the Tower of Poison doesn't have any good players.'

Adilo scratched his head. It wasn't that no one used poison magic, there were simply no rankers or exceptional players that used poison magic.

No matter how low a Magician's health was, Adilo was still level 200. If someone managed to kill a level 200 like him with poison so easily, then they would definitely be famous already.

'This is dogshit even if I think about it.'

His anger soared as he thought about how he had suffered during the last few days. When he died, his level had dropped to level 199. He wouldn't have been so angry if he had been killed in a fierce battle, but he had died in such a nonsensical way.

'Even if I don't know who did it, I'll kill that piece of shit who killed me if I meet him...'

Adilo, who was vowing his revenge, suddenly froze. He then smiled menacingly at a young man coming his way.

'He's actually still here!'

Adilo thought with pleasant surprise. Over 5 days had passed, so he only had faint hopes of seeing him. But in front of him was the man he was here for: Soo Hyuk.

'Poison tower robe!'

Adilo noticed the difference in his gear straight away. Before, he was wearing gear made of rabbit pelts, but now he was wearing a poison tower robe.

'I knew it! The sneaky piece of shit is related to this bastard!'

Adilo was certain. Although he didn't know who killed him, they probably had some connection with Soo Hyuk.

Adilo looked around to check for any suspicious characters that might protect Soo Hyuk. He didn't want to get ambushed again.

'They're not here.'

He couldn't see any players around, just NPCs.

'I'll finish him in one shot this time!'

He decided as he stared at Soo Hyuk who was coming in his direction. He was going to be serious this time. Previously, he had waited after attacking, because he thought Soo Hyuk was already dead. That was what lead to his downfall. However this time, he wasn't going to wait. He would go all out and pour attack after attack on him.

But then... 

'Hmm?'

Soo Hyuk suddenly stopped walking, and called out in a wary voice. Seeing his guarded body language and voice, Adilo could tell that Soo Hyuk had recognised him.

'Well, I made all that ruckus in the library after all.'

It would be weird if Soo Hyuk couldn't recognise his face after he threatened him.

'It doesn't matter.'

"Electro Ball."

Adile began casting Electro Ball straight away.

"Magic Missile!"

Soo Hyuk didn't stay still either.

'Magic Missile?'

Magic Missile? Was this guy a troll or what?

'Well, he might not have learnt any poison magic yet.

From what he could see, Soo Hyuk's level was too low to learn any poison spells. He could understand Soo Hyuk's situation right now. Of course, he didn't stop himself from laughing even when he understood.

'I don't even need to dodge.'

The Magic Missile was flying towards him, but it was a beginner skill. He didn't need to dodge this low-level skill from a low-level player. It would be more efficient to fire another spell instead.

"Lightning Spear!"

Adilo cast Lightning Spear as he stared at the incoming Magic Missile. At that moment, Soo Hyuk's voice sounded again.

"Firebolt!"

"...?"

Adilo faltered for a moment at Soo Hyuk's shout. Did he hear wrong? Firebolt?

'Double!'

As the Firebolt flew towards him he realised Soo Hyuk wasn't just a poison Magician. He was a double magician who controlled two elements, fire and poison.

'Hmm, a bug?'

Adilo thought as he frowned while staring the Firebolt hurtling towards him. Like Lightning Spear, Firebolt required a small amount of time to completely activate.

Soo Hyuk had somehow completed his firebolt before Adilo, even though Adilo had started casting earlier. No, it had been instantly formed when he had cast the spell. Was it a bug?

[You have attacked player 'Soo Hyuk'.]

[Your relationship with player Soo Hyuk is now 'Hostile.']

(TL: this phrase above is pretty confusing. Basically, it's not about his relationship, it's something like the start of a fight and that they're fighting each other. Relationships are only for NPCs. Probably. I'll leave the raw below and if anyone has a suggestion, say in the comments or message me in discord.)

[Your Crime Count has risen.]

While Adilo was busy brooding over Soo Hyuk's Firebolt, his Electro Ball exploded on Soo Hyuk. At that moment, Lightning Spear also finished activating and flew towards Soo Hyuk. Just after the Lightning Spear was fired, Soo Hyuk's Magic Missile and Firebolt also arrived.

[You are stunned for 3 seconds.]

A message window warned as the Magic Missile hit him.

'Ah! F*ck!'

Curses came out of his mouth on their own. Of course, he didn't actually say them out loud, because he couldn't move, instead he cursed internally.

'How did the stun take effect?!'

Magic Missile's special effect had a 10% chance to stun the target. Adilo had thought that it wouldn't take effect because of its low chance, but it did. (TL: This guy hasn't experienced gacha battles.)

'I can't dodge it.'

Since he was stunned, Adilo couldn't avoid the Firebolt which was just behind the Magic Missile.

'How much damage did I take.'

Of course, he wasn't worried. Magic Missile and Firebolt were both beginner spells, so he had no reason to worry. Adilo moved his eyes and checked his status window.

'...Huh?'

Adilo was alarmed when he saw how much health he had left.

'What? Why...'

The reason for his sudden panic was because he only had half of his health left! Adilo moved his eyes just in time to see the Firebolt only centimetres away from him.

'W-wait, st....'

Boom!

The message window appeared when the firebolt exploded. Adilo grinded his teeth as he stared at the message.

[You died!]

"F*CCKKK!"

Adilo no, Park Kyung Ho cursed furiously as his surroundings faded into darkness save for the message.

When he came to himself in the capsule, he shivered.

"What! The! F*CK!"

He swore loudly.

"Why! What! Why! Why! F*ck!"

He couldn't understand.

"AARRGGGHHH!…Hoo…Hoo..."

Park Kyung Ho screamed loudly then breathed deeply to forcibly calm himself down. As his madness dissipated, he thought of Soo Hyuk's face again.

"This dog bast…hoo…hoo...right, was he a ranker catfishing as a noob?"

Was he a high level player pretending to be a newbie?

"My healthpool isn't particularly small either, so to kill me with a Magic Missile and a Firebolt..."

He hadn't been killed by advanced spells. And the only people who could kill like that were... 

"At least a Midranker."

Park Kyung Ho gulped in fear when he finished his thoughts. He had provoked a wolf in sheep's clothing. And to make it worse, he had tried to kill him on two occasions.
 

'I'm screwed.'

While reading a book, a sparkle of light disappeared. And, as it did, a message appeared.

[Wisdom increased by 1]

This is translated by Asada Translations, if you would like to, you could read it there, the credits go to asada translations...Thank you, reviewer (I 4got ur name) for pointing that out

We will beat Asada translations tho, some friendly competition ?

It has been a month since Eve was adopted by Lenna and her husband Jerick. Life has been calm and simple for the whole month. What she did for the first week was to get to know her foster family better. 

Jerick Briane, another red-headed and bearded middle-aged man, was actually very friendly and care-free person, contradictory to his fierce bear style and look. He's actually a practitioner of some body arts and was able to reach 3rd Sky of Mortal Foundation stage.

Lenna Briane on the otherhand was a practitioner of fire-magic arts and was able to attain 6th Sky of Core Formation stage purely focusing on the fire element.

They're son, Gaston Briane, just started practicing both fire-magic and body arts, and was able to achieve the 1st Skies of Mortal Foundation stage in both arts.

Cultivation is the utmost trend all across the universe and it is actually divided into stages which are also divided into 3 sub-levels.

Mortal Foundation stage
Core Formation stage
Meridian stage
Grand Mortal stage
King stage
Emperor stage
Spirit Transformation stage
Spiritual Ascension stage
Saint stage

With each Low, Intermediate and High sub-levels which are divided by 3 skies each.

Life inside the Briane manor has been blissful and uneventful. Eve passed her days by helping her mother every morning then read all the books available till evening. Her foster father sometimes brought her and her brother along with him during his travels on the town square and Eve usually take this opportunity to buy more books. Both Lenna and Jerick find this amusing and so they willingly bought Eve all the books that fancy her. And just like that, a year passed by.

- - - - -

Inside the courtyard of Briane Manor, Gaston and Eve are both laying on the grass while reading books.

"Eve, what does this mean?" Gaston asked.

"Hmm? It means to be able to fly and flatten mountains. That's the innate ability of Saints." Eve replied as she kept on reading her own book. For the passed few months, Eve stayed on the courtyard to read her books while Gaston sometimes joins in and learns from Eve on how to read.

The language that the country of Erza is using is called Enk. It is somehow a mixture of Chinese characters, Egyptian glyphs and Greek symbols.

It took Eve a week to learn how to read a book with the help of Lenna who was able to attend primary education for aristocrats. And since then, Eve kept reading and reading until all the books available are thoroughly consumed by Eve.

"Hmm... I'm bored. Big bro, what were you doing inside the other courtyard every morning?" Eve asked. After a year, Eve already considered her new family her real family by now. She saw and felt the genuine love of both Lenna, Jerick and her elder brother, and because she never felt this feeling during her previous orphan life, she was grateful to receive this kind of treatment that she longed for a long time. 'I'm not gonna put my new family in any danger ever.' She thought while smilingly waiting for her brother to answer.

"Well... Papa usually told me to never tell this but because you helped me read I'll give a few hints. I'm training on something." He said then smiled. Gaston has always been simple-minded and caring, and Eve love that aspect of his new Elder brother.

"Oh!" Eve just gasped and smiled back, "Are you cultivating brother?" then added.

"H-How did you know?? Please don't tell papa I told you! Papa's gonna kill me!" Gaston immediately said as he remembered his Father's warning.

'Never let your younger sister know cultivation! The cultivation world is dangerous and cruel, your sister is weak and frail. You should always protect her from any danger. Never let her enter the world of cultivators. She'll die trying! Her body is unable to cultivate any element and her body can't take simple exercises. She will surely die! Do you understand me?' Gaston clearly remembers.

"Uhmm..." Eve noded then stood up. "I'll be inside when you need me brother. I'll ask father some cultivation techniques!"

"Noo!!!" Gaston shouted while Eve just laughed along the way.

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