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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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She went out quick. Raj gave a chuckle and looked around for some time. He was again amazed as he noticed the room to be a very high-grade one. 
'My family sure don't have money like this to burn.'
As he was thinking, a doctor with a white coat entered the room.
The doctor looked through his whole body before asking, "What is your name?"
"Uhh… Raj Raess"
"Do you know what happened to you?"
Hearing the question, anger bubbled inside him. "I was thrown off to the ground floor."
"Hmm." The doctor left the room.
Raj thought, 'Just this?'
He remained cautious after the doctor left, just in case someone else came in.
He relaxed a bit and checked for Floating eyes. But none were found.
After checking for other variables and confirming that nobody is around, he took out the ring.
'What could this ring be?'
He gazed at it as a puzzle which remains unsolved. 
All of a sudden, the ring vanished, a voice spoke in his mind and a system panel appeared in front of his eyes.
[You have met the minimum conditions to awaken the Curiosity System. Do you want to bind with it? Yes or No? You have 10 seconds to decide. 10… 9... ]
It was so sudden for Raj, for full five seconds he was blank and looked at the panel like a dumb fool.
As the countdown neared 0, his suddenly reacted and pressed Yes button which was hovering in front of him.
[Congratulations! 
The Curiosity System binds with you. 
This system enables you to gain new knowledge and stuff. 
As you are the first user to bind it with you, you will gain a reward!
Please select: 1- 100,000 Curiosity Cash (CC), 2- 1 Curiosity Cash Cube with 50% chance of Legendary Grade Fact/Object, 3- Random Fact/Object]
Looking at the futuristic panel in front of him, he resumed his dazed state.
He began to process facts and tried to accommodate himself to the new reality.
'Phew. This is crazy as fuck. Where the hell did this thing come from and why did I select yes instantly? Whatever, let's look at the screen and understand.'
After a while, he understood some things, but not everything.
'This system thingie enables me to gain knowledge and stuff. It will help me to get stronger. Knowledge is also a type of strength so it is acceptable. It is not instant strength. And I don't want instant strength too. Moreover, the 'stuff' may include many material things. The 1st reward could be earned or else this system will be shit. The 2nd reward can be taken, but let's go for the 3rd. Let's check how far my luck takes me.'
He chose the 3rd option.
[You chose 3- Random Fact/Object. Generating Random Fact/Object.]
[Congratulations! You received an Object Knowledge Ticket.]
He checked the description. 
[Object Knowledge Ticket- A special ticket when used, reveals to the purpose, uses, and history of the object you want to know about.]
He had no idea whether it is useful or not. The ticket gave out an orange shiny light.
He still had questions about the blue orb inside his body. So he tried to use the ticket to find out what it is.
[Sorry, you cannot access the information with this ticket. Your Knowledge level is too low.]
'What is this Knowledge level now.'
As if hearing the question of his, the system replied, [Knowledge level is a level which can be grown by getting Experience points through reading books, finding rare items, learning secrets and facts and visiting new places.]
'Then what is my level right now?'
[Your level is 0.]
'Wait, what? Why 0? I have studied till 8th grade and am in 9th already!'
[Anything done after binding with the system is counted. Everything else doesn't count.]
'Ugh. This BS. Now, do I have to read all that stuff again?'
The system didn't reply anything. Raj could only go with the flow as nothing could be done to the system itself.
He thought about the ring and asked, 'Where is that ring?'
[It is inside your consciousness space. You can access it anytime by concentrating on the ring.]
He concentrated on the ring, and it appeared!
'What is this sorcery?!?'
[It is not sorcery. It is the power inside your body. Use it wisely.]
'Is it that blue orb? What is that thing?'
[You are unqualified to know.]
'This is goddamn frustrating. On one side you say to use it wisely and on the other side you say I can't learn more about it.'
-No Response-
'Whatever.'
He tried to focus on the ring once more. Surprisingly, he could see what was inside. 
'Is it the legendary storage space? Doesn't it require magic to open? Ahh!! What good luck is this? So much stuff!'
He saw everything. He found out that 50% of the space was filled with books. The other stuff was like paper, pen, medicinal herbs, pills, etc. All this indicated to one thing. Cultivation.
Cultivation, at least in this world, was legendary. IT needed lots and lots of resources and blood and sweat of countless people to raise a legendary cultivator. Although there were sects around in this world, they didn't have much power as the Magi Tech's technology these days overwhelmed those cultivators. The Magi Tech was a company founded in the Human Country. And because of this technology, cultivators almost became extinct. And because of this technology, the Human Country was a threat to many of the superpowers of this world and the cause of greed between them.
From looking at the amount of stuff included inside the ring, he knew that he wouldn't have any problem to become an apex-level expert. 
'Isn't my luck too good? A system and then Cultivation. Wouldn't I become a legend pretty fast?'
And by saying that he started to dream, only to awaken by the system, shattering his dreams.
[You shouldn't be overconfident. There is always a bigger mountain ahead.]
'What the hell? Can't I even dream properly?'
[You cannot dream and reach the apex.]
'Ugh! What do I do with this system?'
While he lay on the bed, musing with the system, the door of the hospital opened and 4 people entered the room.
They approached him and sat on the chairs around his bed. 
He could see the happiness mixed with some sadness on their face. It made him feel great to have friends like them.
Aryan said in a low voice, "I am sorry."

A person who has aspirations and dreams is a normal person. Then what do you call a person who follows his aspirations and dreams through ‘any’ situation? A Madman… or A Legend…?

Follow our curious protagonist cum student, Raj, through thick and thin in his journey in overcoming all obstacles in order to satisfy his curiosity. His aspiration lies in his curiosity and his curiosity is his aspiration. And this curiosity will make him outstanding, to the point that he would shine as brightly as the sun. And it will be this same curiosity that will fill his path with all kinds of obstacles. He will be joined by his bunch of friends on this tumulting journey. See how they are affected by his aura of curiosity. 
And as part of the icing on the cake, he somehow gets a system, Curiosity system. Hard Work alone cannot make an extraordinary person, luck works hand in hand with hard work. And our protagonist isn’t short of luck… until obstacles start to hinder his path.

The world, which is called Zamin, on which Raj lives is not normal at all. Although it has its own kind of wars and threats, it is quite different from our earth in sense of religions and races which altogether changes history and technological advances. There are some similarities too, which includes an education system, an industrial system, and a government. The thing that makes it a truly unique world is that this world doesn’t only have humans on it. Anything further is anyone's guess.

[Chapter 2]
{0800 hrs.}
A tall, rounded structure of 100sq. feet in diameter with more than 30 floors, practically an eye-catching landmark in this open meadow. Somewhere on the 25th floor, Morgan walked out of the office into the open hallway to see Videl sleeping on the waiting bench on the corridor.
[Poor girl.]
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{0700 hrs.} (kinda like a flashback)
The officials discussed the results of the analysis performed on Videl earlier in the day. Since they couldn't find any reason for her to be targeted in her family background, they could only search her body in case they missed something.
"This person you just brought in is indeed a strange case. From the tests we conducted, we have concluded that she's a death scythe. But there are multiple abnormal things at play here"
"From what we know, there should be only seven. If we include her that makes 8. Even if we ignore this rule, death scythes cannot and would not move without their life counterparts. 
Also, she should be releasing such massive amounts of death energy as the '8th death scythe' according to the 7-fold increment with each successive death scythe", an official sitting at the conference table said.
"There's another possibility that she may be the legendary Angel of Death and Destruction", another official added his speculation.
"Highly unlikely. Such a legendary character could cause the world to end with a single thought. 'She' doesn't exactly look like an almighty being", commented another official.
The more Morgana listened to the reports from the analysis performed on Videl, the more confused she became.
"What we can concur is that the abyssal creatures probably wanted to capture her and use her power to their gain as death scythes are the only truly neutral beings in existence upon birth"
"They probably want to use her against humanity hence we cannot let her fall into their hands. Until we can find a solution to this problem, or she has the strength to protect herself, we cannot let her out of our sight."
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{0803 hrs.} (back to normal time)
[How can there possibly be eight death scythes and one without a life counterpart to boot!! Could she be the legendary Angel of Death and Destruction?!]
"Videl wake up. I'm about done here. Let's get moving"
"Umm… *yawn* …what time is it? Is it breakfast yet Mr. Renee? You wouldn't believe what a night I had Mr. Renee, I had the strangest dream and there was this woman and-d…", Videl woke up with a yawn wiping her eyes but stuttered halfway through her speech when she saw exactly the person she was just talking about.
"What are you blabbering on about? Anyways, follow me. Let's go get something to eat first. We'll talk over breakfast. This way."
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An open-air café on the ground floor (first floor) of the office building provided necessities for the workers and visitors in the building. From breakfast all to way to dinner. It was spacious enough to provide for a hundred people at a time.
"How's the food? Heavenly right? That's because they were made using ingredients rich in essence energy"
"The food is fantastic. Best I've ever tasted. But… what's is essence energy? Is it like video game mana or that chi or qi thing?"
"Essence energy is a higher form of energy that goes against the normal order of the world. Mana and qi are more of different states of essence energy, like water and ice or lighting and fire.
Originally, it was impossible to even access this type of energy but due to the circumstances of the world and the previous war, the world opened up to us.
Knowledge that we could only speculate about was practically given to us on a silver platter afterward but not to the whole world though. From a certain perspective, the world improved. But there is a downside. With great power comes great responsibility.
The unlimited access to essence energy also opened the world to the dangers that were hidden from the world by the Supreme Being, the strongest being in existence. Well, he 'was'. As for who 'we' are, you could think of us as soldiers, front liners. 
Who or what we fight? That's a bit too much to tell you now but there's a library on the 10th floor containing everything you need to clear your confusion. You should have nearly unrestricted access to the basic aspects of the library so the basics should be available to you. Als…"
*woooooossssh*
Mid-way through the speech, Morgana disappeared in a flash right in front of the dumbfounded Videl, seconds after her mind was blown away by Morgana's explanation.
*boooommmmm*
A loud explosion sounded off just inches behind her and the back of a familiar figure came into view. This figure was none other than Morgana. Currently, Videl felt like she was watching a showdown between superman and wonder woman.
A stranger had seemingly appeared out of nowhere and attacked at open-air café. Morgana clashed with a blurry image over and over again. They moved so fast they practically clashed 100 times a minute whipping up a hurricane.
"Hahaha. You're getting slow enchantress. And still a fun sucker", a thundering chortle boomed with the end of the fantasy-like battle as the figure of the attacker came into view. 
A huge body of about 3 meters, a massive and strong build and a strangely handsome face (cause she thinks giants should be ugly or not-so-handsome). Looking around, Videl noticed that barely anyone around reacted as if used to such spectacle.
"I'm not slow, I was taking it easy on you. Why do you insist on scaring the newbies in this way Brandon?", the disgruntled voice of Morgana came in right after as she also reappeared where she sat previously without even a hair out of place.
"It is tradition enchantress. If I don't do it, the others will. Who knows, they may be setting up a trap as we speak", whilst speaking, the 'giant' walked closer, shrinking with every step and an evil smirk on his devilishly handsome face. Videl unconsciously blushed looking at the shrunken giant of about 180cm. 
Morgana sighed in exasperation as she introduced Videl, "What tradition? Stop making things up. This is Videl, the new death scythe. Videl, Brandon, Brandon, Videl".
"Pleasure to meet you, sir. Brandon", befitting her mature status of mind, Videl brought her embarrassment under control and answered as normal as possible.
"Sir.? I'm not that old miss Videl, I'm only about 3-5 years older than you are. And enchantress what do you mean by a death scythe, I thought there could only be 7 of them"
"What's a death scythe, Morgana?", Videl asked almost immediately as Brandon.
"A death scythe is what we call an agent of 'darkness' and not darkness as in evil but the only existing entity before the beginning of time itself. Said to exist at the same time as the Supreme Being. The Darkness that existed with the Light before time itself.
From what we know, there can only be 7 death scythes serving the death angel existing in one instance of time. We think you're the 8th and your existence goes against the norm we know of. It even stumped the superiors upon reading the reports of the analysis of her body.
Brandon, do me a favor and take Videl to the library to expand her horizons. Show her around and get her up to speed. I still have to report the situation in city X to have a neutralization squad dispatched. I'll see you later Videl". Morgana answered both questions simultaneously and vanished again directly from the café after leaving instructions.
"This lady is very careless. *sigh* Alright miss Videl this way to the library", Brandon gave a rueful smile and led the way upstairs to the library. For as long as he'd known Morgana, she was what you could call a lazy bone.
"Please, call me Videl Mr. Brandon".
"Sure, if you'll call me Brandon…just Brandon".
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{2000 hrs.}
[12 hours reading in the library? Damn, does she want to swallow the level 0 library?]
For 12 hours the desk in front of Videl had been stacked with a lot of books ranging from history to current affairs then magic. She read nearly every book a level 0 access pass would allow. 
The library granted 10 different access levels including level 0 which was the lowest level pass given to 'newbies' and visitors with no real power in the tower. Brandon felt a headache coming.
From what she had read so far, Videl could understand the general situation. There were to major head towers, Defenders and Hunters. She was currently in the Hunters' tower. The 'soldiers' Morgana was referring to were Hunters and Defenders. They were always in constant war with the 'enemies of humanity'.
The so-called 'enemies of humanity' were different existing races. They were the Devils, Undead or Abyssal creatures, Titans, Vampires, Trolls, Ogres, goblins and many more.
It was a millennia-old war that went as far back as 'The Fall'. It only got worse about 5000 years ago when man pushed a child to the edge.
The story around this child wasn't particularly clear but what could be gleaned from the little known was that he unintentionally opened up the avenue for essence energy.
'The Fall' happened before the beginning of life on earth when the Archangel Lucifer rebelled and was cast out of the heavenly realm. 
14 realms exist out of which 13 were created by the Supreme Being. Realms 1 and 2 were known as the heavenly realms, 3 to 10 as the racial realms and 11 to 13 as the Abyssal realms commonly known as the 3 layers of hell.
The realm on which earth existed was called the planetary realm and was the 9th realm. As for the number of races in existence, well they were categorized instead of counted as there were simply too many. 3 categories existed, intellectuals, beasts, and enemy-of-races.
The intellectual races were those races that had intelligence as humans, the beasts were those that relied purely on instincts (kinda like animals) and the enemy-of-races were, of course, those acknowledged as the enemy of races.
That was the summary of history, general knowledge, and current affairs. There weren't many current affairs though. There were also multiple books about multiple races and beasts of a wide variety.
Fortunately, Videl had an abnormal photographic memory hence after reading nearly 70 books in a little over 12 hours, she stored about 90% of every book to memory not to mention unbelievable reading speed.
Videl had read nearly everything available to her in the library. One more trip and she felt she could have every book accessible stored to memory, not to brag but, she was that smart.
There weren't that many, to begin with as a level 0 access pass had few topics to delve into anyways.
"Ugh…My eyes are irritable now. It's been a long time since I read so many books in one sitting. How long have I been here anyway…uh oh, there's a clock over there?
Hmmm, 12 hours, a little lesser than I expected but not too shabby. I should go get dinner"
[Hmm where's senior Brandon]
"Oh, Videl you finished for the day? Let's go get dinner and talk things through. I'll explain everything that confuses you there", Brandon spotted Videl walking out of the library and figured she was about done with reading for the day or maybe just hungry (praying for the former).
Videl walked out into Brandon waiting for her right outside the library, "Please lead the way seni… I mean Brandon. I'm sorry, I can't get quite used to just calling you by your first name".
[Whatever]
"You'll get used to it soon. Shall we?"
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{2030 hrs.}
"…so that about sums it up. Enchantress, or Morgana if you will, says she can't make it today. You'll be in my care until tomorrow. I'll get you a place to stay for the night or you could stay with me, kidding.
As for the matter of your cultivation, I'll help you on your starting point but the rest will be up to you"
"I don't mind where I stay… I mean with you or in a hotel you see I've lived with a man for 2 years now. He was more of a father figure". It wasn't that Videl was naïve, it was just that these people had power and she wouldn't waste her time to fight a futile battle. Besides, the only person she 'knew' here had left her in his care anyways.
"Hmmm well, that saves me some cash, no problem. Nice to meet you roommate. Back to business. When it comes to cultivation, it's more of essence energy absorption and assimilation to open up meridians in the body.
The body has 99 meridians and the body itself if the 100th or 1st meridian. Therefore, before you can start cultivation, you'll have to open the body to essence energy first. The method to do this, I'll explain tomorrow when you start.
You already read about this but I'll go over it to help explain it. There are 5 different natures of essence energy; elemental, magic, sword aura and Physical prowess (strength & speed). 
Each energy nature using a different form of the essence energy namely mana and qi. Enchantress' power leans more towards magic, elemental and physical prowess. I'm more of a physical prowess type Hunter.
Essence energy is also graded into mortal, earthly and heavenly grades. Each grade naturally has its limits to which power rank a person could grow. Limit doesn't necessarily mean the end of one's path to absolute strength.
Assuming progressing from one rank to another for a mortal grade Hunter takes an effort of 5, an earthly grade hunter an effort of 3 and that of a heavenly grade Hunter that of 2, once the energy grade reaches its limit, it just becomes harder for them to progress demanding more effort.
All in all, there are 15 major power ranks and each with their subdivisions. Once you start 'cultivating' you'll better understand these concepts. I'll pay for the bill and we'll leave to my place soon"
The more Videl listened, the more fascinated she became. The world was basically like a wuxia fantasy or some video game with only a tiny bit of difference. 
Training to obtain absolute strength was the goal of those main characters in those novels or the purpose of gaming. She even wondered if she was in a story or not. (Of course, I wouldn't tell her anyway (-_-))
[Shit. My cell phone is still on the silent setting. June is going to kill me and the old man will think I'm missing. 28 missed calls from my Old man and June. I'll have to call them this evening before bed else they'll get worried. But what do I tell them?]

"Grand Father doesn't care about these beings. Why do you think he left it? He doesn't even care about us and left us so why do you fight for them? He left us to suffer for eternity and left everything behind not bothering to even tell his sons and daughters where he was going to or even a WHY!!. All that power and YOU THINK IT WOULDN'T GET TO HIS HEAD! Wake up, Little Devil. This is reality!"
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Cinderella has a happy ever after
Snow White lives with her Prince Charming happily
Sleeping beauty was no longer a piece of static art. 

But then you wake up and you realize that fantasy and reality don't mix.
 
'Today everything was fine and dandy and when you close your eyes, the drums of war start to beat. Chaos spreading like wildfire and blood washing the earth tide after tide. Endless pain and torment and you ask yourself, "What's going on?".'

Cinderella's life was taken by the evil witch
Snow White's Charming was a cheat and a sham
Who knows how many times sleeping beauty was f**ked in her sleep by that pervy " Prince Charming" after the kisses didn't work! 

Reality is a cruel place to be as Videl wakes up to a brand new world. All kinds of evil and misconceptions fling themselves unreservedly around the planet. Wherever they pass chaos follows. 
The creator vanished and left the fate of his creation to themselves. The Darkness and Vile beings subdued by the creator returned to wreak havoc amongst his greatest masterpiece. 
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What did all this have to do with her? 
Who was she and why was she here? 
What was wrong with this world? 
This wasn't the reality she knew! This was a nightmare?
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Charged with the fate of the thirteen realms and the plane of darkness, what would she do? 
Save them as her mother would have done, or let them destroy themselves destroy them.
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Overpowered and shameless Videl searches the universe for answers. Join me explore the world of immeasurable imagination

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.

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Name: Lucien Etras di Aeon
Occupation: Executor of Akashic Records, Crown Prince of the Holy Niflheim Empire
Bloodline: Sacred Devourer
Race: Sacred Devoured Ghoul
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Cultivation: None
Body Refining: Intermediate-Phase Viscount
Combat Prowess: Superior Advanced-Phase Viscount 
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RC Type: Rinkaku, Ukaku
RC Level: 401,956
Energy Type: Psionic Energy
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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
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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
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"Greatest Of All Times"

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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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　"Gaining insight, into the way of the Heavens?" Thoughts were spinning in Qing Shui's mind as he heard this.
　　Qing Shui recalled the state of enlightenment he had previously attained, and he knew well the tremendous benefits which originated from it. Every time one completes their meditation in a state of enlightenment, the benefits gained far surpassed 10 years of hard work. But other than enlightenment, was there no other way to gain insight into the way of the Heavens? There seemed to be no other way indeed. After all, gaining insight into the way of the Heavens depended on an individual's karma and destiny, the majority of the cultivators would never experience that special state of enlightenment throughout their entire life! Some would even have an encounter similar to Qing Shui, entering that special state, but not at the peak of Houtian!
　　Unconvinced, just as Qing Shui wanted to ask Qing Yi about other methods that would allow one to gain insights of the way of Heavens, Qing Yi interjected.
　　"Qing Shui, we have arrived at the library!"
　　Qing Shui looked down and realized that they had already reached the end of the path. In front of him, there was a 3 story building constructed entirely from heavy stones. A secretive and slightly oppressive feeling permeated the atmosphere. There were no windows in this building, even the door entrance was built out of thick slabs of solid rocks!
　　The width of the door was roughly about 3m in length, with a height of 4m. Hanging atop the door was a plaque carved with 3 words , "Qing Clan's Library"!
　　The stone door to the library was tightly shut. At the end of every year, the library would only be open for a period of two months. During these two months, disciples with cultivation level equal to or higher than the 6th Grade of Martial Warrior would be able to enter the and have the opportunity to select from the vast collection a martial techniques that were suitable for their cultivation. During the other ten months, only direct descendents of the Qing Clan had the opportunity to enter. The remaining disciples could only enter during the last two months of the year.
　　This was the first time Qing Shui had seen the library. After all, the Qing Clan still had it own rules. Although the collection does not consists of many rare and valuable books, there were still many martial techniques and heterogenous books like the
　　(Continental Medical Annal) lying around.
　　Other than martial techniques, there were also cultivation arts that were located in the 3rd and 2nd level of the library. Those relatively more common books and martial manuals with a lower grade would usually be placed in the 1st level. Qing Clan's disciples who reached the required level of cultivation, are allowed to browse through the books and manuals, and even copy them down. The only restriction is that you would not be allowed to divulge the clan techniques to outsiders!
　　Walking to the entrance, with an exertion of force that could not be considered light nor heavy, Qing Shui eagerly raised his hands and knocked 3 times on the stone door. "Boom, Boom, Boom" the sound reverberated across the lawn.
　　After a moment, the heavy stone door opened, a senile looking old man with cloudy eyes and a head full of white hair appeared. Qing Shui stared mutely, the attire of this old man was totally different from what Qing Shui expected from someone like this. The old man looked like he could not be bothered with the slightest bit of personal hygiene, yet his clothes were the epitome of cleanliness.
　　"Elder Lin, I brought Qing Shui over to the library to borrow some books!" Qing Yi greeted the old man respectfully.
　　Looking at her smile, Qing Shui felt that Qing Yi had quite a deep relationship with this old man.
　　"Ah, so it is you, little kiddo Qing Yi, come in, come in! It has been ages since your last visit." Elder Lin warmly smiled. After saying that, he glanced at Qing Shui. The cloudy look in his eyes was replaced by an instance of clarity, but it quickly faded back to normal.
　　"So you are Qing Shui, good… very good!" Elder Lin with a face full of smiles, praised Qing Shui twice in succession, Qing Shui felt very surprised, for he knew that Elder Lin rarely complimented people. Even Qing Zi nor the genius Qing You had never received compliments from him before.
　　"Grandpa Lin, Qing Shui greets you!" Qing Shui bowed low as he respectfully greeted Elder Lin.
　　"Young man, hahahahaha", Elder Lin for God knows what reason, had his lips curl up in a smile.
　　After which, Qing Shui and Qing Yi followed Elder Lin as he led them into the library.
　　The moment they entered, Qing Shui realized that the space within was much larger than what he had previously imagined, and there was almost no natural light in the library. The only source of light was emitted by the few panels of Jadestone pearls attached to the wall. The light the pearls emitted was soft, but was sufficient for users of the library to read what they wanted to clearly.
　　Past the panels of the Jadestone pearls, were rows and rows of ancient looking wooden bookshelves. From an initial glance, the wood materials used in construction of the bookshelves looked old and dilapidated, but upon closer observation, the wood was actually thick and heavy, giving observers a solid and durable impression.
　　With that half-bent back, and that slouching posture, Elder Lin looked so old, one could almost mistake him for a fossil. It was said that Elder Lin had been the caretaker of the Qing Clan's library since tens of years ago!
　　"Elder Lin, I want to borrow some books on elementary medical knowledge for Qing Shui" Qing Yi said.
　　Elder Lin slowly lumbered towards an inconspicuous corner of the library, and pulled out a few books that were covered with dust. He slightly patted the books to displace the dust and returned.
　　During the whole process where Elder Lin was retrieving the books, Qing Shui has been constantly monitoring Elder Lin's movements. He had a intuition that this keeper of the library Elder Lin was not the senile and confused old man he appeared to be. Qing Shui had the feeling that this old man in front of him was actually a terrifyingly strong expert! But after that thought flashed past his mind, Qing Shui silently laughed it off. After all, the strongest in the Qing Clan was Qing Luo, how strong could Elder Lin be?
　　"For a period of 40+ years, these books have just been lying there collecting dust… There was no one who would even deign to look at them. Forget it you don't need to return the books after you are done with them. Even if you did not borrow them today, sooner or later I would have chucked these books out. Since no one in the Qing Clan ever reads them, just take it then." Elder Lin passed the books to Qing Shui as he said expressionlessly.
　　Qing Shui felt that the Elder Lin today was very strange. The Elder Lin that everyone knew was someone who didn't really talk much, preferring to spend his time in silence and solitude. But today, he was unexpectedly in such a talkative mood!
　　Qing Shui accepted the books from Elder Lin, the more he looked, the more he still felt that Elder Lin was hiding his true abilities in an act of clumsiness.
　　"Thank you, Grandpa Lin!" Qing Shui earnestly thanked Elder Lin. After that, Qing Shui realized that other than the three medical books he had initially requested, there was an additional 4th book which he did not request.
　　Qing Shui curiously peered at the 4th book, it was titled (Basic Sword Techniques)!
　　Qing Shui wanted to question Elder Lin, but who would have thought Elder Lin initiated the conversation. "After you are done with the four books, just toss them directly into the trash, you need not bother to send them back."
　　Since he was to dispose of them, Qing Shui decided that he might as well keep them; after all, with a title like (Basic Sword Techniques), how profound could the techniques contained in it be? But to the current him, he could still learn something from it! After all, Rome wasn't build in one day, and all lakes and oceans originated from a single drop of water.
　　Bidding their goodbyes to Elder Lin, the heavy stone door tightly closed as Qing Shui and Qing Yi left the library.
　　Qing Yi had long regarded Elder Lin as part of her family. Despite his senile and befuddled facade, she knew that deep in his heart, Elder Lin treats the descendants of Qing Clan as his own flesh and blood. Especially Qing Yi, ever since she was young, Elder Lin would spare no expenses and dote on her. Even now, after the passage of so many years, Qing Yi still respected this old man just as she would have respected Qing Luo.
　　Feeling elation in his heart, Qing Shui was holding on to the pile of books, in his previous life, he had been too addicted to gaming. Reading books? Visiting the library? Not a chance! Who would have thought that the current Qing Shui, out of his own volition, wanted to browse the Qing Clan's library for books to read!
　　"Humans were really unpredictably weird!"

A human warrior cultivating the Ancient Strengthening Technique has transcended dimensions and arrived on Kyushu. Together with twelve ravishing beauties with looks that were unmatched in their generation, will he be able to stand on the summit of this world?

This novel is about the main character, named Qing Shui, who transcended dimensions and arrived in the Kyushu continent. Storms of blood and wind, resulting in corpses and bones strewn about are extremely common here. The young warrior Qing Shui forged ahead in his path to cultivate, using 10 years to train himself, only to seek vengeance for the one who had forsaken his mother!

"Could it be that herbs of the precious grade and above can't be directly consumed?" Qing Shui mused. He knew that people in his previous world actually consumed things like 100-year old ginseng with no ill effects!

Qing Yi patted Qing Shui on his forehead and gently said "Herbs of the common grade can be directly consumed after slight processing, but of course the percentage of medicinal strength one can absorb would only be about 10-20%. The majority of the leftover medicinal strength will be wasted. Naturally, there are some exceptions to this. When herbs are aged 500 years or more, the herbs can no longer be consumed directly. If you ignore the safety restriction, and are set on doing so, instead of helping you, the herbs will cause great harm to your body. If the herbs are of Precious Grade or higher, directly consuming it may even lead to one's death!"

"Ooo, then how about the herbs that cannot be directly consumed? Maybe there is a method for us to absorb the medicinal essence inside of them?" Qing Shui speculated. As the thought about it, the alchemy profession suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Alchemist!"

Seeing that Qing Shui seemed to be extremely interested in the alchemy profession, Qing Yi gave a detailed explanation "The herbs that cannot be directly consumed will need an alchemist to concoct them into pills. Using various methods, after extracting the herbal essence and finally coagulating them into the shape of a pill, they will be able to prevent the excessive loss of medicinal strength! And thus, in this way it will also be more beneficial for a cultivator to consume the pill concocted, rather than the herb itself."

So that's the reason why. Qing Shui understood it better now. Initially he thought that directly consuming a herb would at most only lead to a miniscule loss in the amount of energy retained. He originally thought that because the body wasn't able to absorb such a large amount of energy in one go, the excess energy would be dispersed as waste. He never expected that for herbs graded Precious or higher, the excess amount of energy would cause one's body to explode, leading to one's death!

"Mother, since herbs and medical ingredients can be divided into grades, what about alchemists? What is the difference between the pills created by a 3rd ranked alchemist and a 5th ranked one?"

"The higher ranked an alchemist is, the better the quality of his concocted pills will be. Obviously, a common ranked alchemist will find it almost impossible to refine and concoct pills of the Precious Grade." Qing Yi replied.

The ranks of alchemists was somewhat similar to the classifications of herbs. It was only slightly more complex in comparison. Common, Precious, Jade, King, Royal, Emperor, Saint, Divine. These 8 grades of spiritual herbs were comparable to the 8 different alchemist ranks. The only difference was that, for alchemist, each rank was further divided into 10 levels. Eg. Common-Ranked Alchemist of the 10th level.

"Hmm, it is actually the similar to [Western Fantasy]. The higher the rank of an alchemist, the higher the quality of concocted pills. However, I still do not know when I will be able to master the alchemy arts gifted to me by the Ancient Strengthening Technique. I wonder… If I concoct pills based on the ancient recipes from the Ancient Strengthening Technique, what grade will they be?" Qing Shui's eyes gleamed with a light, he was getting more and more excited about becoming an alchemist!

"The Situ Clan from Hundred Miles City wants to buy all the precious graded herbs from our Qing Clan. Could it be that they are hiding an alchemist?" Thinking back on how arrogant Situ Bu Fan acted, as well as that cold glance of Shi Qing Zhuang when she was introduced by Situ Bu Fan as his fiancee, Qing Shui could not help but clench his fist. Pieces of the puzzle began to fall in place inside his mind. "Could this be the reason why Qing Shi Zhuang was forcibly betrothed to Situ Bu Fan as his fiancee, despite her unwillingness?"

Qing Yi looked at Qing Shui in shock. This child… his power of deductions are almost godlike.. She smiled and rustled Qing Shui's hair and said "Your guess is correct, the reason why the Situ Clan is so illustrious in Hundred Miles City is because one of Situ Nan Tian's sons has broken through to the Jade-Ranked Alchemist level."

"Just a Jade-Ranked Alchemist, and yet he dares to be so arrogant?" Qing Shui exclaimed in displeasure.

Hearing that, Qing Yi almost coughed out blood. Using a bit of force, she tapped Qing Shui's head and said "What do you mean with 'just a Jade-Ranked Alchemist' `Do you think there are plenty of alchemists? Even in the entire Hundred Miles City, the amount of reputable alchemists can be counted on a single hand. Although the one named Lei from the Situ Clan has only reached the 1st level of the Jade-Ranked, he naturally has the ability to be arrogant!" Qing Yi giggled, half in humor and half in consternation at Qing Shui's ignorance.

Qing Shui gently shook his head and smiled, seeing Qing Yi happy made him happy too.

Only in front of Qing Yi would Qing Shui appear to be a child… A simple and naive little child.

"Since being an alchemist is so revered, why doesn't the Situ Alchemist leave Hundred Miles City and go to some other bigger cities to develop? Why would he want to limit himself?" Qing Shui could not understand.

"Hai, do you not understand the theory behind 'one would rather be a big fish in a small pond compared to a small fish in a big pond'? Over there, his status is akin to a diamond. Out there in the vast world, he may only be a piece of stone." Qing Yi explained.

Qing Shui finally understood!

"With a status of a 1st level Jade-Ranked Alchemist, he was nothing compared to the stronger alchemists out in the world." Qing Shui was getting more and more excited about the prospect of heading out into the vast world of Kyushu. It was a pity that he still did not have sufficient strength. The world outside could be fascinating, but also dangerous. Qing Shui did not want to throw away his life for nothing!

"Yeah, although people usually say that alchemists have terrifying might. The alchemists they are referring to are the alchemists that are King-Ranked or higher. Because those who are able to concoct King Grade or higher pills are usually Xian Tian Cultivators!

Qing Yi's words jolted Qing Shui out of his contemplation. "Xian Tian? A cultivator at the Xian Tian realm could wipe out Hundred Miles City with just a flick of his finger. Not to mention a Xian Tian Realm Cultivator who was also an alchemist. Just being an alchemist alone already grants one a revered status. In addition to the fact that he is a Xian Tian Realm Cultivator, to also be an Alchemist? Even the City Lord would have to show him respect!"

Being an Alchemist is so awesome! After all, they spent every bit of their time delving into the arts of pill concoction, sometimes even to the point of neglecting their own cultivation! If everyone could easily concoct King Grade or higher level pills, how could the alchemy profession still be considered as the profession with the most revered status?

"This profession truly has strict requirements needed to train in it. To produce King Grade pills or higher, one would need to be at the Xian Tian Realm. Only at the Xian Tian Realm will the cultivator be able to use their Xiantian Inner Fire to aid them in pill concoction!" Qing Shui and Qing Yi had already arrived at their own courtyard in the midst of their discussion.

"Although it is exceedingly tough to breakthrough to the Xiantian Realm. If I want to reach the stage of a Common, Precious or Jade-Ranked alchemist, will the requirements also be as difficult? After all, in Hundred Miles City which has a population of over 1 million people, there are only a few Jade-Ranked alchemists." Qing Shui mused.

"The main point is that training to be an alchemist is very tough, the prerequisite is to memorize and understand everything inside the books <Continental Medical Annal>, <10,000 Herbology Encyclopedia> and <Herbal Combination Formula>. Just this initial step alone is considered a barrier, these three books restrict 80%-90% of the people who want to become an Alchemist. It is insufficient to merely possess determination. Memorization skills and a high level of comprehension are both extremely important as well!"

"Only after completing the initial steps of memorizing and completely comprehending the essence of these three books will you be considered a Medical Physician. If you truly want to become an alchemist, you will need to seek out a master. Only with the guidance of a master alchemist will you be able to learn the true alchemy skills, such as essence extracting and pill concoction techniques."

"For pills concoction of the Common Grade to Jade Grade, the process is known as Essence Extracting. Only after you have reached the Xiantian Realm will you be capable of concocting King Grade level pills or higher with the use of Pill Concoction Techniques.

"Oh, I see.. Mother, those 3 books which you mentioned earlier, can I find them in our library?" Qing Shui eagerly asked.

A human warrior cultivating the Ancient Strenghtening Technique has transcended dimensions and arrived on kyushu.Together with twelve ravishing beauties with looks that were unmatched in their generation will he be able to stand on the summit of this world?


This novel is about the main character,named Qing shui, who transcended dimensions and arrived in the world of nine continents, Strom of blood and wind , resulting in corpses and bones strewn about are extremely common here .The young warrior Qing shui forged ahead in his path to cultivate using 10 years to train himself, only to seek vengeance for the one who had forsaken his mother! on the road , he had a chance encounter with the cold beauty (ice princess) Shui qing zhang incurring hatred vengeance from her fiancée- Situ bu fan . After entering the hundred miles city , qing shui got acquainted with a dignified and beautiful lady named Yu he and other xian tian realm cultivators . After killing the young master of gong Yang Clan because of Yu he and was forced into corner . Luckily for qing shui , a lady as beautiful as a celestial maiden named Yi ye jian ge rushed back to save him from afar, following which a bloody battle ensured . Can qing shui turn danger into safety , averting diaster? And hiss relationship with the various beautiful ladies , what will it develop into?

They went over to the reading rooms, and sat down. 'Finally', Dante thought. 'I finally get to become a summoner! I just need to learn all about it in this book…'

With three giant books in front of him, Micheal was indecisive. 'Where do I start?' Eventually, he just picked the book on pathways and started skimming through.

With a flip to the table of contents, his gaze was drawn to "List of Pathways and Steps. (Known in the Kingdom of Lunalla)" 'Known in the Kingdom of Lunalla? So this implies that there's more pathways than even this kingdom knows!'

Flipping to the page, a table soon greeted Micheal. Neat and orderly, a simple table with many sections that start at Step 1, and into higher steps. Although this was a simple table, its contents filled Micheal with reverence. 'Every Step…. Clearly organized and defined.' Looking through the steps, Micheals expression kept changing between fear, awe, and worship. "Step 3 Polymath" Looking at another section, "Step 5 - Four Leaf Sorcerer." 'Just these lower level steps have such dominating names… how do you become them!'

Flipping to the page where they are elaborated on, there was a sentence at the top. "Due to dangers associated with high level steps, the methods to rise above Step 2 are not public information." 'This… the dangers!? What kind of dangers could there be?' The sentence had a page number attached to it which lead to the middle of the general information section. It read, "Death, explosions, going insane, turning into a monster, natural disasters, and more. These are various examples of what can happen to those who experience complications in advancing through the steps. The higher the step, the more chances of problems occuring, and can lead to tragedies. The most famous example is the Demon Lord. Experiencing problems when he tried to ascend, the monstrous tyrant who killed millions appeared."

'These dangers… if going up the steps can cause this… is it worth it? I thought I would postpone my new goal in life until I know more, but I was leaning towards becoming powerful through the steps. Who wouldn't want to have these amazing powers! But now…. I don't know what to do. Lets just keep reading more steps, those were interesting.'

"Step 7 Voidwalker" "Step 8 Walking Disaster." As Micheal kept looking downwards, his attention was soon brought to the grand, shining silver letters near the bottom.

"GOD"

"G-g-god!?" Micheal couldn't help but exclaim out loud! 'You can become a god through this?! T-t-this… this is' 

"Dude, what the fuck" Dante said due to his reading being rudely interrupted due to the human next to him being unable to control himself. Micheal looked at Dante and simply uttered, "Sorry". He was in the wrong after all. 'Alright, I don't think I can handle the mental shock I would have from reading the names of the God steps right now… but I'm still curious! One step below god, Step 10. Let's read!'

"Step 10 Universal Exploiter. Step 10 Author. Step 10 Miracle Invoker"

'These names…' Micheal stared at those names before deciding not to even try to understand them, and just read the rest of them. 'Alright. My curiosity has been sated, but what I need to memorize is general information and my own pathway! Lets see here... '

"Step 1 Fortune Teller"
"Step 2 Trickster"   
"Step 3 Deceiving Wizard" 
"Step 4 Anonymous"   
"Step 5 Bizzare Mage" 
"Step 6 Soothsayer"  
"Step 7 Voidwalker"  
"Step 8 Histories Administrator"  
"Step 9 Otherworldly Pinochet"
"Step 10 Miracle Invoker"

"God" Micheal was hesitant to look, but eventually steeled his resolve.

"God - Unthinkable Undefined Symbol"

'That name…so… strange!'

.........

Time passed as the two were engrossed in reading. Church bells rang once in a while, and after a few rings of the bell, a young boy in scholarly clothes walked in. "Excuse me, everyone, the library closes in a few minutes. Be sure to put borrowed books back in their respective places or give them to the librarian, or if you paid to take them with you, then please take good care of our books." With that, the boy walked back out.

Micheal slowly was brought out of reading and looked up for the first time in hours, and no longer saw Dante anywhere. 'Seems my journey with that orc has finally come to an end. We coincidentally met, and turned out we were both hero descendants! Hero descendent, heh, he certainly didn't act like one.'

'Take the books out for a fee… I barely have any money! I can just come back tomorrow to go more in depth in this knowledge.'

Walking out from the library, Micheal debated where to go next. 'According to books, most people live in a rented out place, rather than owning their own house. Should I check the rent prices? I also need a job…'

As he walked, he remembered he was holding a paper in his hands. 'The king's notice of gathering the strong and the heroes descendants! I actually forgot to read this since I was so focused on the books!'

'Let's see…'

"Official notice from the king and the great churches. Through the history of our land, many great occurrences have been witnessed." 'Wait a minute… this is useless information!' Flipping through the paper, near the back he found the important information.

"This mission regards the safety of our land, stemming from occurrences related to the ancient Demon Lord. For specific information, please show up at the palace to gather, effective from June 1st to July 1st" We call those who are strong, have a unique skill, or descend from the respected heroes to rise up and protect our land in this mission. Ample rewards will be given
just from participating, and more depending on the situation. During this period of time where we wait for participants to gather, housing will be provided if necessary."

'Ample rewards? Housing! I must check this out!'

While walking to the gathering spot, Micheal internally went through all his recently acquired information.

'Alright, so the main points to remember are:

You can only be on one pathway, and attempting to go to another pathway's steps will result in catastrophic results. Ascending through the pathways can also have disastrous results if they go wrong, so public knowledge of how to ascend stops at step 2.

The Great churches are all massive powers spreading across nations, each worshipping a god.

Our nation of Lunalla is the biggest center of pathway knowledge, located at the southern tip of the northern continent.

As Micheal finished organizing his thoughts, he had arrived at the palace entrance.

Meeting on the Road to the Capital to Lunalla, what awaits Micheal and Dante in this world full of pathways and monsters, bringing with them all sorts of mystical occurrences and figures. The Ancient Demon Lords return, the legend of the three heroes, descendants of legendary figures, and new, rising legendary figures. How will all this play out to those who just had a simple dream?

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.

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