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Name - Bai Li
Sex - Male
Age - 15
Soul Talent - Immeasurable
Combat Grade - Low-Tier Warrior
Affiliation - Union[Citizen], The Bearded Lady[Member], Bright Star League[Student]  
Enemies - Mo Tian
Friends - Wei Tao
Cultivation(s) - Devil Sect[Refurbished]
Arts of Body[Skills] - Swift Leg Arc[Old|Removed], Tempered Body[Old/Removed], Chilled Resolve. 
Poison King's Body.
Mastery - None
Souls - Nightmare Cowl [Nightmare Cobra]

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**[General Information]**
Bai Li was just an orphan who had no recognition of his family who had felt as if had woken up at the age of 6. He was adopted to a rather puzzling family who ignored him for no reason during his years spent in the home where he grew. He grew up living an ordinary life similar to people of the 21st Century, reading books and such in the large ancient library that his house had, but the mysterious disappearance of his new family led him to be an independent youth who worked several part time jobs. All was too weird of his barely remaining childhood, the library with strange books and the astronomical price of the house where he once lived. Sparking what little aspirations of what he had in his life, his life goal was to find out about his past and the secrets that lay underneath the skin. He entered Golden Star Academy for his primary education and soon joined the Golden Cadet Academy for his secondary. But with sudden turn of events, he finds his roots to enter the Bright Star League and a much more Elite school instead of the standard.

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**[Affiliation]**
Anyone born in the territory of the Union were already considered citizens of the dense population of humans throughout the galaxies ruled by them.  After some time he had spent with the Bearded Lady, Bai Li had felt a connection to the group that he felt part of it, though not physically but spiritually. The leader of the Bearded Lady gave him a spot in case he ever wanted to venture with them in the future. After graduating early in the Golden Cadet Academy, he was given a choice of elite groups to join only to decline all, a hidden option soon appeared to which was the Bright Star League. Through learning of his discovery, he joined them in a last ditch effort to escape death.

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**[Cultivation]**
Bai Li's cultivation method is the Devil Sect cultivation method revised by Fan Tong, who wrote anything he could remember about his cultivation into the book. Through months of analyzing the text made by the genius Fan Tong, he was able to understand the gist of the first chapter to an extent, though his own comprehension of the first chapter was minimal, it was enough to boost his powers to great extent from his original

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**[Arts of Body]**
Swift Leg Art - 
*Simplistic form of Featherweight, 5% of power in original. Agility and flexibility focused based around the legs.

Tempered Body - 
*dilated form of Tempered Will, all characteristics are week and focused on one's natural endurance.

Chilled Resolve - 
*Using the cultivation of the Devil Sect, modified the foundation of Featherweight with his own findings of the Devil Sect cultivation method from the book. Heightens strength, speed, and the five senses, sight primarily. Ability to view things at a much slower pace and lower body temperature.

Poison King's Body - 
*Using the cultivation of the Devil Sect, modified the foundation of Tempered Will. Though giving similar amounts of defense as the Tempered Will, gives the ability to dispel the body of poisonous substances out of his body. Can use the poison's potency in his body to augment his strike to have a deadly strike. Does not give poison immunity.

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**[Mastery]**
No mastery of weapons

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**[Souls]**
Nightmare Cowl
Origin - Nightmare Cobra
Soul Type - Armor Variant
Grade - Saint
Tier - High Tier
Level - Warrior
Description - A cloak formed by black fog that blocks sight. Ability to shape the cloak as he pleases with willpower. Mainly focused on speed and offensive abilities are that of a Mid tier Saint blood strength type monster

The Galaxy is only a small drop amongst the vast universe with many undiscovered oddities that can not be described. Humanity has accomplished many achievements to further their understanding of the universe though miniscule. But what lays beyond those of our knowledge is just the frontier of all things. Follow the journey of a young man with a mystified past as he ventures into the frontier as many others had as well.

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Cram city, Southeast.

7:30 am.

The sound of explosion and gunshots could still be heard throughout the city, especially closer to the middle.

A drone was flying in the sky and preparing for a landing near an abandoned building.

When it finally landed on the ground, a man immediately came outside of the building to pick up the drone before returning into hiding.

Inside the building...

"So, Jerry, it's on?" said a man.

Jerry was a leader of a small camp in the South of Cram city.

This group he was with right now was made up of 10 people and none of them were Chosen Ones, but they were the best and the bravest among in his camp.

Their goal was to head into the middle of the city to check out that cylinder-shaped building.

They believe it was one of the Divine Towers that the System mentioned last night.

However, the way there wasn't easy because the streets were filled with those 3m-tall skinless zombies. 

This is also why they waited until the sun was up so that their vision wouldn't be limited.

Not all groups had access to night or thermal vision goggles.

As for the drone they sent out, they originally sent 4 drones, but 3 were taken down by the zombies that had wings.

They were using drones to get a layout of the city and find out where the safest route is going to the middle of the city.

"Yeah. Whoever here wants to back out, now's your chance. No one will call you a coward," said Jerry.

None of the members said anything. They all had a determined look on their faces.

As non-Chosen Ones camped in Cram city, they knew too well the dangers and horrors brought by the zombies and humans. 

And given that the zombies now evolved into 3m-tall skinless zombies, if they want to continue living like kings or queens instead of just merely surviving, they have no choice but to venture to the Divine Tower to loot unique items as well as [Artifact] grade items.

All of the people here were wearing a complete set of System items. 

Jerry's weapons were a [Grade D] Sword and [Grade D] Hand Axe. Meanwhile, his non-System weapon was a sawed-off double-barrel shotgun, perfect for killing those pesky D1 zombies with a headshot in close range.

"Okay, let's go. And remember, no guns unless necessary. We kill them quick and clean. The last thing we want is them ganging up on us." said Jerry.

They all nodded.

The group exited the building they were hiding in and headed to the middle of Cram City using the route that they have planned.

***
 
Out in the streets.

Jerry's group traversed the streets of Cram city silently, but it took them a lot of time to get to where the Divine Tower was.

If there was a group of more than five 3m-tall skinless zombies, they would take a detour.

Jerry raised a fist, ordering his team to stop.

There was a group of more than 15 zombies up ahead.

He looked to his sides to find another route and found one.

The group continued making their way to the middle of the city.

And after another 30 minutes, they came across a street full of headless 3m-tall zombie corpses and a man cursing loudly.

"FUCK ME SIDEWAYS! I KNEW IT! I WAS RIGHT! I WAS FUCKING RIGHT"

Jerry immediately raised his fist and signaled his companions to take cover.

Just like the zombies, humans were also dangerous. Probably even more dangerous.

At least with zombies, they don't torture you. They just eat you right away. 

But with humans, depending on who you encounter, if they happened to be one of those sick and sadistic freaks, pray that you don't get captured by them.

When Jerry and his group got into positions, they looked at the person openly cursing in the middle of the streets and surrounded by headless 3m-tall zombie corpses.

***

Nathan had been hunting zombies all night non-stop, most of them were S types. He also killed some of the M types and N types. However, for the D types, he only killed a handful of them and. of course, ignored the D2s.

Right now, he was testing out his new equipment and noticed something strange.

***
Level: 25
Exp: 0.3662109375‬‬‬‬%

Stats:
STR – 38 
VIT – 36 
AGI – 33 (+33)
INT – 33 

Equipment:
[Grade D] Large Axe (4/12)
[Grade D] Sword (12/12)
[Grade D] Helm (12/15): +3 Agi
[Grade C] Chain Mail (18/20): +5 Agi 
[Grade C] Chain Gloves (17/20): +5 Agi
[Grade C] Chain Boots (20/20): +5 Agi 
[Grade C] Ring: +5 Agi
[Grade C] Ring: +5 Agi
[Grade C] Amulet: +5 Agi

Skill:
Level X [Coward's Way]
***

'So… around 30 points is the threshold?'

He had always wondered what if his AGI reached 99 points. How will his eyes keeps up with the speed? Wouldn't things become blurry by then?

He also wondered what's allowing him to see things in slow motion once he focuses.

With this experiment, he found out a few things…

When one's AGI is 30 points more than their VIT and INT, his body couldn't keep with the speed.

In the case of his VIT which is at 36 points, whenever he uses his full speed in moving with his AGI points at 33 (+33), he could feel a strain on his joints.

In the case of his INT which is at 33 points, whenever he uses his full speed, there was an obvious delay in his reactions because his brain couldn't process the information immediately that his eyes were seeing.

'So I really can't just focus solely on AGI anymore once I equip [Grade C] System items… Good thing I didn't throw away those [Grade D] armor, boots and gloves I looted earlier.'

Although wearing [Grade C] items were way better because it gives +5 bonus stats, he doesn't have any [Grade C] Repair Kit. 

He even tried using a [Grade D] Repair Kit on a [Grade C] equipment but it didn't work.

At the moment, only the [Grade C] Rings and Necklace were useful for him because these accessory-type System items don't have limited durability.

'If AGI can't be more than 30 points compared to VIT and AGI, what about the other attributes?'

Nathan doesn't believe only the AGI attribute has this restriction. 

One of the things he suspects is that STR can't be more than 30 points than the VIT.

As an analogy, that would be like creating a powerful gun using cheap materials. After a few shots or so, the gun will most likely break.

His stomach growled from hunger and he checked his watch. 

9:27 am.

'I still have about 2 and half hours to loot for more Nuclei before I head to the Divine Tower… But first, I need to go back to the place where I kept my equipment and loots before eating. I also need to pack food and take a dump.'

Nathan doesn't care if you're the strongest person who has ever lived. Even that person would bow down and surrender when nature calls.   

As he turned around to get the sack of nuclei he left on the side before extracting the nuclei from the zombies he killed, he saw a man walking up towards him with both of his hands held up high.

"Hello, my friend. My name is Jerry and I come in peace."

Nathan looked at Jerry and frowned.

Jerry stopped about 20 ft away.

'Tch! I was so busy killing zombies and it's so noisy from all the explosions and gunshots that I failed to notice this guy spying on me,' Nathan thought as his eyes darted around to check his surroundings for a quick moment before returning his gaze at Jerry. "Come in peace, huh. So what do you want?"

"I'll be straight with you. We're heading to the center of Cram City to enter the Divine Tower. You're headed there as well, right? We can help each other."

In Jerry's mind, Nathan was most likely part of a strong group and they're gathering Nuclei before heading to the Divine Tower.

The entrance limit to the Divine Towers is 12 hours and there's still about 2 and a half hours left.

His plan was to latch on Nathan's group for the meantime while heading to the Divine Tower.

Thanks to the drones they sent earlier, they knew how chaotic it was in the center of Cram City. There's no shame in trying to find an easier way to survive. 

And once they're inside the Divine Tower, they will act according to the situation.

Whatever the situation is, their end goal was to take the biggest slice of the cake.

"Help each other, huh." Nathan had an amused smile. 

In his mind, aside from the fact that he can easily go to the Divine Tower all by himself despite the chaos there, no one is going there to "help" each other. The word "use" would be more appropriate.

The System informed everyone that unique and [Artifact] items can be obtained there. With that, anyone who plans to enter the Divine Tower were most likely solely driven by greed.

"So, what can you give me if we helped each other?" Nathan asked and was still wearing an amused smile.

"We have a lot of System items, including potions and skill books. But most importantly, we're a capable group," Jerry said.

Being able to survive here in Cram City wasn't easy. And Jerry and his group were one of the groups that thrived in this city despite being a small group and as non-Chosen Ones.

"Just that?"

'Just that? This son of a bitch is quite greedy. Nevertheless, it makes him even easier to read and predict,' Jerry thought. "Whatever loots we get at the Divine Tower, we will give you 30%."

Nathan let out a chuckle and said, "You mentioned, 'We.' So where are your other companions? That's awfully rude for someone who's asking to work together, right?" Nathan said.

All this time, Jerry's gaze was locked on Nathan. 

Aside from the frown that Nathan has shown when he first saw him, he has been smiling ever since.

'Is this son of a bitch that confident that his group is that powerful? But come to think of it, he hasn't mentioned his name nor his teammates and he has had that smirk on his face like he's looking down on me…' Jerry pondered. 'But then again, I was the one who requested to have an alliance first so it makes sense that I should show my cards… Wait… Should I delay things and let him offer more information first?'

"What's wrong? Don't me you're the only person left in your team, are you?" said Nathan.

'I've already got this far. No point in being indecisive. Plus, based on that annoying smirk on his face, it only means that he's really part of a powerful group. Let's see if you could still smile when the time comes I stab you in the back,' Jerry thought. "Of course not."

He raised his hand and made a signal for his companions to come out.

His companions came out and gathered behind him.

"So this is all of you?" Nathan asked.

"Yeah. Where are your teammates?" Jerry said.

Still wearing a smile, there was a cold glint in Nathan's eyes as he said, "Teammates?"

When Jerry saw the cold glint on Nathan's eyes and heard the question, a chill suddenly ran down his spine and made him realized that this guy was one of those sick and sadistic freaks that get turned on by killing people.

Nathan vanished.

"Fuck! Get ready to fight!" Jerry shouted.

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"I am a Chosen One! I refuse to bow down to society! Society must bow down to me!" 


Nathan is your average 24-year old man. Just like everyone else, he experienced both pain and happiness in his life which shaped him into the man who he is. 


One day, God unleashed a zombie apocalypse and gave humanity the System that allows them to level-up, forever changing the world. And among the humans, there are beings called Chosen Ones who are slightly better off than the average humans. 


Follow the journey of a man who slowly descends into madness as he survives in a zombie apocalypse and rises to power. 


Author's note: I took some ideas from the novel [God and Devil World].

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 

Monster World, Human Empire, Capital City Eden.
Its been 200 years since the start of the world event. Millions of cultivators from the world started to visit Eden to participate in this event, while majority of them are here to personally see the event.
Even with the additional increase of millions of foreigners, the capital city was still able to accomodate them all. Taking the huge traffic into account, various temporary lodgings were created around the Eden to house all these foreigners. There were even entertainment facilities and markets were created around these lodgings to keep the foreigners entertained and to also increase the revenue of the Empire, by selling various local products to the foreigners.
There are also 20 huge arenas built in the capital city Eden. Actually these arenas are used as training grounds for the soldiers of the imperial family. Even though there is no war on monster world at the moment, Ichika gave strong instructions to always train the soldiers to be battle ready at any moment. Since she already recruited soldiers, providing them with armaments and jobs, it will only be foolish of her to just keep feeding these soldiers and let them rot. So even during peace times, she ordered the generals to train the soldiers, as if they are making preparations for war. Since the pay was good and they were treated with respect and  honour by the Imperial family, generals and civilians these soldiers also worked hard. This is also the reason why the soldiers of the human Empire are the strongest forces on Monster world.
During the event time, of the 20 training grounds 10 of them are used as arenas. While the soldiers and all the training equipment will be temporarily moved to the other 10 training grounds. For the next 1000 years, these soldiers had to adjust themselves to the 10 training fields. But given the massive size of the training fields, each training field could easily accommodate all of these soldiers. But Ichika didn't want to, because she want to give enough room for all of these soldiers to train properly.
While converted to arenas, each of these training field can easily host upto million spectators. While the important quarters and offices of the soldiers and generals are completely sealed away. There are 15 fights held daily in each of these arenas. While monitoring crystals are placed on all the corners of the arena, to allow spectators to watch these battles up close. During the fights the arenas will be covered by formations to avoid interference from the crowd using their soul sense to influence the result of the fight.Fights are strictly prohibited in the stands between the spectators, if they break the rule, then they will be barred from entering the arenas forever.
Since the development of technology, most of the media clans actively participated in broadcasting this events live to all corners of the world. But this system changed with the entry of Princess Astarte into the entertainment industry.
She used her company, Aira International Company to bid massively for the exclusive broadcasting rights of the event. This is the first of it's kind on Monster world, so even though other media clans lost their right to host the event, they also felt Princess Astarte was foolish enough to spend a fortune on the broadcasting rights. They don't know why she is wasting so much money and how is she going to recover her losses.
But what followed shocked the entire media clans and the world. For the first time she introduced glamour, presenter, advertisements and debate sessions on her channel. She used beautiful and famous reporters to act as news readers, while she trained a particular group of powerful cultivators, who are knowledgeable and good at description as presenters.
Even though most of the viewers are cultivators, there are 15 to 20 times mortal viewers. Because of the high level movements and techniques used during the fights, they have no idea on how the battles concluded. So these presenters are there to describe these fights live to all the viewers, as if picturing the entire fight before their very eyes. Astarte even ran a special highlight section of the battles in slow motion later for the viewers, confirming the presenter description. This helped her channel gain a lot of recognition. 
She also collected the data of all the participants in the event and held a debate sessions inviting powerful cultivators who are familiar with the participants, before every match. This gave a proper idea to the audience on the strength and weakness of the 2 fighting contestants and helped them to place their bets.
With all this done, she invited various industries and organisations to ran advertisements during the break of every fights. 
Every media clan was surprised by the innovations she introduced during the broadcast of the event. When everyone thought she was going to suffer a massive loss because of her extravaganza, Aira International Company officially announced that they earned close 120 times their initial investment.
The numbers almost caused the heads of the media clans to faint from shock. So they ordered a special investigation to learn how she earned such massive profits. The answer they received in return made them bash their heads in ignorance.
Since all the media clans members are cultivators, they ignored the happenings of the mortal world. Even though there are some rich clans among the mortals, they are only given attention during special occasions only. Compared to the cultivators, the population of mortals is easily 100 times higher.
Astarte leased vast lands to held special screenings of the fights during the event to the mortals. In the eyes of mortals, these cultivators are like gods. So they rushed towards these screening locations to view the fights among the so called gods. Astarte collected a single low grade spirit stone as entrance fee. Compared to high level spirit stones, low grade spirit stones are very common and can be exchanged at the banks for 100 gold.
Most of these mortals exchanged 100 gold for 1 low grade spirit stone and paid it as entrance fees. Astarte also ran special booth to sell food, drinks, toys and other goods with the cooperation from merchants at these screening location. For that, she earned a part of their profits. Even though she earned in small quantities from these screening locations, when you combine with the number of locations, her profits reached high numbers. She exchanged these low grade spirit stones at the banks for high grade spirit stones. She also took large payments from the companies to play their adds.
When the answers were presented before the media clan heads, they created a specialist group to study the system of Astarte and improve it.
From them on there was massive bidding by various media clans for the broadcasting rights of the events.But every time Astarte won the bidding using her influence and money. But It all changed, when the events started to permanently be held in Eden.
Just like Astarte, Ichika was also a reincarnated individual. She knew Astarte was only doing this to earn profits. But in forcefully suppressing other media clans, she is earning their ire. Which may one day force her competitors to come after her life.
So she introduced territory system for the broadcasting rights. For example, Astarte can only bid for the rights to broadcast in Dragonoid race lands only. Similarly other media clans can only bid in their own respective races lands. This system, gave other media clans to also earn well during the events and neutralize the hatred they held towards Astarte.
But being the teacher of Astarte, Ichika allowed Astarte to setup a proxy media company in Human lands. Both Ichika and Astarte are partners in this company. When both of them combine, it is easy to win the bidding rights in human race lands. Even though Astarte lost global broadcasting  rights. she was able to get her hands on Dragonoid and human race lands. With the increase of profits, the various media clans also added colour to the competition.
Various representatives from other races also arrived in Eden. They are currently settled in special palaces prepared by Zetsu, to suit their status. Emperor Tianlong, his son Zhulong and their followers are staying in their allocated palace. While Astarte settled in the royal palace, as she is the disciple of Ichika, she has her own courtyard in the royal palace.
Emperor Luke Lionheart instead opted to settle outside Eden, creating his own encampment. He doesn't like crowded places.
While the demon race emperor Lucien Morkath arrived in Eden with huge part of his harem and his children. The whole world knows about Lucien hobby of collecting beauties, so Zetsu prepared a bigger palace for him in Eden. 
The Dwarven representatives preferred to spend most of their time in Osteria Gourmet kitchen drinking all the time than staying in their allocated palace.
The Gnome representatives preferred to stay inside their palace reading the books they brought about plants and machines in the capital bookstores.
The elves don't have Emperor or Empress. But they are divided into Light and Dark races. Even though they are divided, there is no question about their unity. It is just they prefer to stay in places that suit their own race the most. Both the races have their own King and Queen. Each time one of the royal members of these 2 races will act as the representatives of the entire Elven race. The current representative is Queen Elmyra Morningglory of dark race. She is also the grandmother of Alvian, who is a co owner of Nightwing organisation.
The streets of Eden were extremely crowded for the last 200 years. But 4 days ago  there was an official decree issued from the royal palace, that the event competitions for the next 4 days are cancelled and will be held 4 days later. 
The reason is, the Parents and Ancestors of Empress Ichika are arriving in Eden today. Just to reduce the traffic on the streets, they decided to cancel the events for 4 days. Zetsu and the officials expected there would be less crowd, but currently the entire path from the Eden city North entrance to the royal palace were completely filled by local citizens and foreigners, who are vying for best spot to look at the family members of Empress Ichika.
If it wasn't for the soldiers effort to clear the way and forming human barricade, there would definitely be stampede when they arrive.
Even the various representatives and Emperors Tianlong, Luke Lionheart and Queen Elmyra are also observing the scenes at the entrance with their soul sense.
There is also a special group of visitors to Monster World, who are more eager to know the actual background of Empress Ichika. They are none other than the Boda family and representatives from other sovereign rulers.
Just as all of them were waiting, Empress Ichika, Prince Zetsu,Shisui, Itachi, Kin, the 12 clan heads and various ministers appeared outside the palace and started to take up positions according to their rank. While Kuro is personally leading the black armored imperial guards to make sure there are no accidents.
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Author's Note: First chapter of the day. This chapter also marks the official 100 chapter of the story. Thanks for the support of all the readers. With this chapter, I also finished posting the 2 missing chapters of the last week. There will be another chapter at regular time. Enjoy the read and keep voting.

Ichika is chosen as the disciple of the overlord. Follow her, journey, where she moves across different worlds, meets different types of people and punishes evil.
The first 7 chapters are slow but necessary build up to the story. 
There will be 8 chapters released per week from now on.
The cover image is taken from online and the full credit goes to the one who created it.
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Azief stepped out from the space rips that he had created. He once again appeared on a vast empty space.
Azief then look around him
'Not the same' he thought to himself.
His body is now full of energies and his entire being is surrounded by some kind of Laws and Concepts of the Universe.
Azief could feel the energy all around him and his body is greedily sucking it to bring him to peak condition.
The moment he comes out from that space rip, he arrived in that Dimension again. He smiles and then he laughed
'I have finally achieved it. Now, it is time to reap the benefit' he mutters to himself.
He had returned back to the Supreme Dimension. But the stairway is still far away from him. But he did not find it as worrisome as before.
Now that he had felt it existence, there is no worries. He could see even from this far away distance, the faint outline of that floating stairway above many planets
Even if he could not see it, he could not mistake his own power. He could feel it calling to him. He then began flying forward in an incredible speed surpassing sound
Divine Comprehension!' he thought to himself. To him, this is the dividing line that separates between the weak and the strong.
In Earth, being Disk Formation is probably enough to become a powerful person and to be in control of a powerful force.
But in the Vast Universe, where all kinds of living beings live, Disk Formation level of power while not entirely numerous, it was not rare either
However, Divine Comprehension would truly be a dividing line between the weak the powerful. How could he not get excited?
He is finally reaching this level after years and years of journey
The moment he merges with all of his Law Bodies he would achieve Divine Comprehension.
He did not know how many years had passed on Earth but Azief is confident he could manipulate Time to even out the difference so it would not be that he had disappeared for a hundred years or something
By now on Earth, there would probably a lot of people that reached Divine Comprehension already. He hoped the precaution he had set on place on Earth is still intact.
If not, he probably went into a rampage again.
Though considering that the World Government have been trashed by him and coming out defeated each time they clashed, Azief think they have learned their lesson and would not provoke him and the people he cares about
Hirate might be an annoying person but he is not an idiot. Last time, if not for Loki interference, he would have died under his hand. That is probably enough to discourage him.
And the Republic have Katarina. He doesn't know what Katarina is thinking, but he knows that she would not do something that would hurt him
And there is still one other person. Loki.
Loki in charge of Pandemonium right now and that is why he is not that worried about Pandemonium.
But he does worry that Loki would do something and scheming something about other people.
Especially if those people are the people that Azief cares about. Which is why Sasha were given a secret order.
Azief is not sure whether Loki could find her or if he dares to find her.
Loki probably understand that the only reason Sasha would disappear from Pandemonium is only if she were given orders by him
Thinking about it Azief smiles bitterly. It is funny thinking about it. In the past, Sasha tries to rob his Seed. That led to a chase and fight
It led to Sina being kidnaped by her and the subsequent events that happen in the Forest Region of the Fake World that forge a relationship of friendship between Sina and Sasha
It is because of that he spared Sasha and even brought her under his rule.
Who would have thought that the former enemies are not only his most trusted person in Pandemonium, but the only one that he did not need to worry too much.
It is not that he did not trust Sina. Sina is sometimes too kind for her own good. And she was not adept in scheming against the world or fighting against it.
Sofia while her prowess is undeniable, she could not defeat the top existence of the world unless she uses her Houyi Bow. And while she is ruthless, that is just her imitating him.
Her ruthlessness has no motivation behind it, making such ruthlessness easy to ignore.
Loki…. Loki…and Azief frowned a bit when thinking of this little brother of his.
Between he and Loki, there is no blood relations but he treated Loki like his own little brother.  And Loki treated him like he is his older brother
It is an affection that restraint him but at the same time it is an affection he refuses to cut. For someone who have a good family, maybe they could understand it or cherished it as much as he did.
But Azief did not come from a good family. His family treated him coldly, and as such his heart also grow cold.
Maybe there is an explanation for their behavior. But maybe there isn't. And now it is too late to hear their explanation eve if they have one.
And Azief did not regret it. A cold heart did not miss what it had never have. The love of a family is something he never had.
And he didn't know how warm that feeling was and how reluctant for him to part away from that feeling
In an imperfect and cold world, he thrived. He meets the people from his past, new acquaintances and even a Time traveler trickster.
And these people worm themselves into his heart and he treated them like family…. because they treated him like family.
His home is there. Not Pandemonium. But with them. Where they are, that is his home. But he still could not trust Loki completely
Loki has his own plans and as such, there are thing he could entrust to that little brother of his. In the end, he had to trust Sasha. Not that he had to trust…he does trust her. That is the most ironic thing.
Loki would prevent bad things from happening to Pandemonium while Sasha would prevent Loki from doing things that he did not want to happen.
But Azief know the easiest way to prevent anything he doesn't want to happen from happening is to become stronger.
That is the crux of the matter. And Azief cut through all of the complication with a simple solution
It was so simple but it is effective. That is what he likes about the new world that emerge after the fall.
It is simple…and also fair
After his generation, it would probably not be that fair anymore.
Some powerful people probably will have descendants and those people with powerful people as their father would surely have a head start in life.
Since the world and life has rested back to the beginning, Azief had grasped it and determined to sit at the top
This is his chance and he had won it by betting his life in the line.
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This is the beginning chapter of the month. It is sort of an intro to Divine Comprehension level and Essence Creation and we are entering the first major arc of the story.
In this chapter and the next chapter, it will show and tell of Azief determination, why he keeps moving forward and also explanations about the Divine Comprehension realm and Essence Creation realm because it might take a long time before he finally become Sovereign. better bookmarked this chapter because I explain in details what it means to become a Divine Comprehension leveler and Essence Creation leveler and I don't think I would explain it any longer after this.
And there are some secrets that would be revealed and some not. If you notice, not all the secrets mentioned in the story would be revealed even after this story ends.
For example, there is a lot of secrets in the Sealed World and some of you might be interested in it. But you would not find it reading this story.
because some secrets are not for Azief. there is a reason I made the relationship in the sealed World complicated.
I want you all to sympathize with the character, hated them, loved them, empathize with them so that they are just more than something I conjured up from my mind.
And if I could give you even one trace of feeling to the characters, then the world is alive. At least that is what I believe. Anyway, I am ranting a lot today because we are slowly coming closer to the cold and emotionless Sovereign of Life and Death Azief.
Or maybe he had changed in this timeline? Hehehe. I hope you could bear with me for these few days as I detailed the levels. It would not be long now since there is only three stages or realm left before Azief become Sovereign
For someone who wanted an update or forget the levels, here it is
See you tomorrow. Oh, and I just updated Age of Adventure. I am writing three books simultaneously for this month. Next month one of the books will also took a hiatus of one month. If there is nothing and I could do it, next month will also have three stories updated in regular post
LEVEL 10: ENERGY GATHERING STAGE [CLASS UP]
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LEVEL 20: BODY REFINING STAGE [SKILL POINTS UNLOCKED]
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LEVEL 30: PILLAR FORMING STAGE
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LEVEL 40: ORB CONDENSING STAGE user could store living things inside their consciousness.
RANKINGS OF ORBS
WHITE, GREY, RED, BROWN, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, CYAN, BLUE, VIOLET AND GOLDEN VIOLET. 
Could lend their attributes in their attacks. Could pressure pillars and other orbs.
Could fracture, (middle level grade orb) crack (high level orb grade) and completely crush another person pillars just by the boundless pressure of an Orb Condensing Stage (only available for those who condense a golden Violet Orb grade)
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LEVEL 50: ENERGY DISPERSES STAGE
The attributes combined in the body endowing the user with the attribute aura. At this stage, one could shatter a pillar with one shouts, cracked the soul orb with pressure alone.
Each level nourishes the physical body to prepare for the next breakthrough. By the end of this stage one would possess bodies that could destroy mountains and endures the harshest condition.
With one strike parting the heaven with one stomp shatter the lands. The Energy Disperse Stage could also be called an Acclimation Phase.
The threads of energy are formed, creating a string that binds the element and the laws. Conceptualization of Attributes.
[Ironskin] [Copper flesh] [Silver Veins] [Golden Aura] [Titanium Bones] [Divine Meridians] [Nine Opening Purification] [Celestial Presence] [Red Palace Forming] [Eternal Spring]
Undying Body stage [Unify All the Aspect of Physique, To Create the Ultimate Physique, Envied by Gods and Feared by Devil]
Goldenskin- skins shine like gold endowing Azief with a skin that could not be cut any weapon other than artifact or a person with a higher level of power. In the Energy Disperse Stage he is practically invincible. Nothing could scratch him. Even if they do, his skin will regenerate almost instantly.
Golden Flesh-his body will not be harmed by elemental energy especially by lightning. It even will nourish him.
Golden Vein- an ancient source of energy is setting itself up inside consciousness and body, nourishing at every second.
Golden Domain - pressure of a God emanated
Celestial Bones- When he crack his knuckles, the wind went away as energy roils out around his body forcing the wind to give way and the wind itself dissipated around him.
Celestial Meridian- making meridian larger and body could suck more enrgy from the surrounding
Nine Forbidden Opening- In each opening lays a very ancient energy, pure and powerful. If it was released, it could destroy a city.
Sovereign Presence-emanating a pressure that oppresses every existence below Seed Forming
Violet Palace-with an enormous pool of vitality keep producing inside his body.
Eternal Physique-the penultimate of Body Physique effectively transforming Azief entire nerve system and it was like Azief was reborn.
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LEVEL 60: SEED FORMING
The energy gather in the fleshly body in the Energy Disperse Stage will gather at one point to create a seed which will then fuse to create some kind of energy inside the user body.
To breakthrough one need to understand at least three attributes. The seed will grow at each level until it will produce a tree and then will be devoured by the energy to form another two seed in the next breakthrough.
'Three Seeds Creating Leaves of Origins, Six Seeds Creating Branches of Creations, Nine Seeds Creating the Tree Of Life, Ten Seeds Summoning the Purifying Fire'
form Ten Seeds defying the Heavens and summons the Purifying Fire from the Nine Hells and Nine Heavens of the Jade Palace
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LEVEL 70: DISK FORMATION
 PATH OF PERFECTION OF DISK FORMATION
CREATE THIRTEEN DISK, SUMMONS THE SUPREMACY STAIRWAY.
Thirty three steps on the Supremacy Stairway.
Create Thirteen Disk, one could merge it to open the portal to the Supreme Dimension where the Supremacy Stairway is located.
To climb Ten Steps of the Supremacy Stairway symbolizes Mortal. Mortal of Supreme Dimension are capable to lord all over Mortals of other Realm. Ten steps alone are good and one could exit the Dimension with head up held high.
To climb twenty steps symbolizes Immortal. Thus, one would be titled Supreme Immortal.
To climb thirty steps symbolizes the Heavens. Thus, one would be titled Supreme than the Heavens.
And to walk the last three steps symbolizes the Three Steps to Perfection of Divinity. By walking this last three steps, one would have a chance to become a True Divinity in the future.
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LEVEL 80 DIVINE COMPREHENSIONS
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LEVEL 90 ESSENCE CREATION
MAX LEVEL: Sovereign


In the aftermath of apocalyptic event, a man rises above the others to lead an era. 

With threat beyond the stars, as Supreme Beings of otherworldly watches over as Destiny and Fate work their way, an era of Gods descended upon Earth

And in his rise, lies a terrifying secret.  Read how he rises above it all, through all the complicated love life, his determination to push through his own fate and destiny and the Will that pushes him forward.

With all of this, could the Fate that was written be overturned? And will he truly rise to the top and survive?

A great battle for the fate of the Universe began.

This is the story of Lord Shadow.

PS: The SS stones is not determined by me. It is determined by how long the chapter is. I have taken steps to cut some of the chapters but there are some chapters that could not be cut as it would obstruct the story.

And a chapter is usually ten thousand word each. I have taken steps to cut it and make it into part sized in the later part of the story because many were complaining and thought I was the one that determines the SS so I hope this answers your question.

So....if you like long chapters and long story this is the story for you. Ciao. And hope you enjoy the story

PS: I also wrote Age of Heroes, Song of Heroes and Age of Adventure

[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

Chapter 24 Reentering Baibao Building


Trade Zone, Baibao Building.

Lady Qin Yuyan was sitting in the spiritual medicine production room, her hands touched, and pinched out a complicated handprint.

Around her, there are more than ten spiritual stones with faint spiritual light, just like the stars embellishing the night sky, which are gorgeous to the extreme, and perfectly set off the color of dust from the rain and smoke of Qin Dynasty.

If a man sees this scene, he will surely love it and be overwhelmed by the beauty of Qin Yuyan.

At this moment, Meng Qing and Qinshan are sitting in the spiritual medicine preparation room, their bodies are tense and they seem to be a little nervous, even in the face of such beautiful scenery, they dare not look up.

Meng Qing took a deep breath and his voice trembled. "Miss Yuyan, I've collected all the information about Chu Xingyun. This person is rather weird. In the past 16 years, he has been living in a rubbish state. But since he married Shuixiang, his temperament has changed greatly, and he has even kept the gold seal of his master and won many Chu family members' Support. "

"Shuixiang?" Qin Yuyan, with a pair of beautiful eyes, stood up straight.

"Shuixiang is a person of Shuijia. It is said was born of Shui Chongxian with a woman in of brothel. Her status is inferior to that of an slave. I have also investigated her secretly. This person is very ordinary and has no background. There is also the reclusive strong man. Since the auction of martial arts, he has never appeared again, as if he had evaporated." Meng Qing hurried back.

Hearing Meng Qing's reply, Qin Yuyan chanted slightly and murmured, "Check, continue to check, if Chu Xingyun has no clue, start from his father and grandfather, there is nothing missing."

"Yes!" Meng Qing nodded heavily and bowed down.

After Meng Qing left, Qin Yuyan turned his head to Qinshan and asked, "What's the latest thing about mining the spiritual materials of Fengqi Mountain?"

"Miss Huiyuyan, the mining is very smooth, and there are hardly any difficulties encountered. In just three days, we have exploited nearly 1,000 spiritual materials. If we continue to deepen, the profits will be higher!" Qinshan is also a little excited.

Spiritual materials, which are essentially the necessities of warriors, are of great value.

In just three days, nearly 1,000 spiritual materials were mined. It's hard to imagine how much wealth Baibao Building will make if this business continues. It's no effort at all to dominate the spiritual material market of Xifeng City.

"You don't have to pay much attention to the exploitation of spiritual materials. You must pay close attention to Chu Xingyun's every move. If something is different, report it to me immediately." Qin Yuyan's words confused Qinshan and asked, "Miss Yuyan, what does that mean?"

"Do you remember Huo Lingsan and spiritual medicine Qingxin?" said Qin Yu.

"Of course I remember." Qinshan immediately answered that Chu Xingyun himself had given the two spiritual medicine prescriptions. Would he forget that?

"A few days ago, I carefully studied these two prescriptions. The alchemy techniques mentioned above are not recorded in ancient books. Especially Qingxindan, which ranks only in the second class, can clear away the magic barrier and stabilize one's mind. This kind of medicine can even be comparable to the third level medicines."

Qin Yuyan took a deep breath, and if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed that there was such a magical "two-pingdan" medicine in the world.

"Such a prescription is worth a hundred Lingshi stones, but Chu Xingyun does not pay attention to it at all, which shows that what he needs is not wealth!" Qinshan was not dull, and immediately made his own judgment.

"Yes, I suspect that exploiting the spiritual resources of Fengqi Mountain is just a cover. Chu Xingyun must have something hidden, otherwise, he would not take so much trouble." Qin Yuyan's eyes narrowed slightly, more and more affirmed his ideas.

At this moment, a rush of footsteps came.

A maid came in and bowed to Qin Yuyan and said, "Miss Yuyan, Chu Xingyun came to Baibao Building and said that he wanted to buy medicines. He is waiting outside the building."

Hearing the words, the  Qinshan people stood up and shouted out, "Don't you know who Young Master Chu is? And you let him wait outside the building? immediately prepare a good elegant room, don't let anyone disturb him!"

"The slave underatnds, I'll go and prepare for it." The maid had never seen Qinshan so Angry before, and she was instantly frightened to death.

"Slow down!" Qin Yuyan suddenly uttered a voice and solemnly said, "Take Chu Xingyun to the treasure house, and I will personally receive him."

Qin Yuyan's order was quickly conveyed.

Chu Xingyun, who was waiting outside the building, was led by several maids, crossing the corridor and finally arrived at a majestic palace where Qin Yuyan had been waiting for a long time.

In order to personally receive Chu Xingyun, Qin Yuyan apparently wore a delicate dress.

Dressed in a long red dress with long hair falling like a black waterfall, she perfectly outlines the enchanting posture and matches it with moving features, as if standing in front of Chu Xingyun is not a beautiful woman, but a charming messenger.

"Did Miss Yuyan wait a long time?" chu Xingyun's heart was amazed when he saw the so called 'rain and smoke' of Qin Dynasty. He even took a few deep breaths before he recovered.

"No harm." Qin Yuyan smiled faintly and looked more beautiful and touching. He knocked sideways and said, "Young Master Chu is a guest of my Baibao Tower. I should wait a little while. He heard that Chu Shao mainly buys a purifying pot. It seems that Fengqi Mountain is indeed a treasure. Even Young Master himself has started to refine potions."

No matter how much he though about, he couldn't understand the hidden meaning behind Qin Yuyan's words. 

He frowned and put on a doubtful look and said, "Miss Qin misunderstood me. When I first entered potion manufacture, I was very unfamiliar with the method of alchemy. By buying potion refining pot, I just wanted to practice more. As for Fengqi Mountain, you said that there is a strange treasure. Is that true?"

"Ha-ha, I was just kidding, Young Master Chu needn't take it seriously." Qin Yuyan returned in vain and laughed awkwardly. SHe quickly shifted the topic and said, "If a young Master Chu  does not dislike it, I will take you personally to choose the Danding Ding."

With that said, Qin Yuyan made a quick look at Qinshan. Qinshan immediately opened the door of the treasure house. As for the others, all of them stayed outside.

Chu Xingyun was shocked when he entered the treasure house.

This treasure house is very huge, divided into compartments, each compartment, are placed with different appliances, the number is very large, people are a bit overwhelmed.

"I don't know what grade of potion purifying pot Young Master Chu mainly chooses?" Qin Yuyan was satisfied with Chu Xingyun's expression and asked with a light smile.

There are also strict grades for precious utensils, which are: all utensils, treasure utensils, magic utensils and King utensils. Each grade is divided into three grades, high school and low school, so it is called four grades and twelve grades.

Legend has it that there are still more powerful emperors and soldiers, which only the emperor and the emperor can possess. Of course, these are only legends. Whether they exist or not is rarely known.

At the beginning, Chu Xingyun refined the six-legged purifying pot of Huolingshan, which was a high-level ordinary implement. For using it once, it needed twelve thousand silver, which showed how precious it was.

"When I first came to alchemy, I would like to buy a precious-ware-grade purifying pot for the time being. Others are too high-grade for me to control." Chu Xingyun thought for a while and gave his answer.

But he didn't know that Qin Yuyan's face suddenly convulsed at the moment when his voice fell.

You know, when Qin Yuyan first came to alchemy, the purifying pot used was only a high-level mortal vessel.

This is not to say that she can't use a higher-grade Danding Ding, but the way of alchemy, pay attention to step-by-step, from the beginning using a higher-grade purifying pot cannot be controlled by ordinary people. 

At the beginning of Alchemy, anyone who can control a high level mortal vessel is already a genius. 

At first, Qin Yuyan thought that Chu Xingyun wanted to buy the high-level purifying pot of mortal wares, but he was secretly delighted that his talent for alchemy was not under Chu Xingyun, and they were equally well matched.

But Chu Xingyun, as soon as he opened his mouth, said that he wanted to use the purifying pot of the treasure level that too so casually. 

This completely diluted the pride of Qin Yuyan. 

Note: Medicine from now on shall be called as potion.

Chu, an Emperor in his previous life was cheated and killed by his partner, however to his surprise his soul returns to the age of 16. Now determined not to repeat everything that happened in previous life and to take revenge on those that plotted against him, he rises up. Unfortunately his body as of now is the weakest of the city. So he must follow on the steps to become the strongest. 
Read as he struggles to become the strongest. 
This novel is quite similar to Tales of demons and gods in its background story and main protagonist... 
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Lin Xuan assured that he would not be found out,

continued to live his life as before, and soon enough he was proven correct.

 Although Yun He was furious, he can do
nothing but keep searching for Zhang Yu and Zhou Yan. 

with no progress.Even some nearby cultivation schools were

suspected, and Cloud Valley entered conflicts with a few of them,

and as a low level disciple and as long as he kept quiet and cultivated

 it all had nothing to do with him.

Overall, There were no changes in Lin Xuan's daily life, as he maintained his usual diligent demeanor, as usual he had little to show for his efforts, the only difference was that he also spent a little time each day to try and examine the blue lights.

In an instant, two weeks go by.

"It seems like i need to go look up some information, i might be able to find a clue from some ancient books." Lin Xuan thought as he lay in bed, the alternative to books was asking one of his seniors, as they were experienced with the outside world, and may have heard some things.

Certainly, this was a possibility, but to Lin Xuan it was a joke, since if he was to ask an Elder and they were to know the truth, what would stop them from killing him for those lights.

Lin Xuan wasn't foolish enough to risk his life.

Besides the point, his questions might reveal his connection to Zhang Yu and Zhou Yan...

Those blue lights were his own secret to keep, and Lin Xuan clearly understood that he should figure it out on his own, and never let others know.

With this decision, Lin Xuan went to bed, deciding to begin searching books the next morning.

...

The next morning Lin Xuan arrived in front of the main hall.

The main hall, built into the mountainside stood magnificently, is one of the core areas of Cloud Valley, as that is where all the books are stored, and was heavily guarded, with three guard posts and 5 guards per post, with various spirit beasts patrolling the areas in between.

The Spirit beasts, were actually just wild monsters, but unlike the ones in the wild, these spirit beasts gained have the power to control spiritual power as a result of how they were raised. As such they were regularly tamed by cultivators as pets. Their strength however is not to be underestimated, as they can cultivate to the same levels as humans, and a spirit beast of the same level is always stronger than a human. Moreover, once they recognize a master, they are highly loyal, and will never betray their master and would even fight to the death. It is because of this that Cloud Valley used many of them as guards.

!!

A roar echoes through the hills, as Lin Xuan gets within two hundred meters of the main hall. As the roar fades away, A red flash of light arrives in front of Lin Xuan, it is a large red tiger, however unlike normal tigers, this one is twice the size, with light flames all over its pure red body, causing the nearby grass to begin to burn.

The imposing manner is definitely that of lions and tigers, its tyrannical aura, making the body run cold.

Fierce Fire Tiger, first-level low-grade Spirit Beast!

Spirit beasts are divided into eight stages corresponding to Spirit Condensation through the Tribulation Ascension , each level being divided into low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and best-grade.

With first level corresponding to Spirit Condensation stage, second-level being Foundation Establishment , and so on...

At the same rank, however, although spirit beasts have more power, they cannot win against cultivators because they do not posses the same level of intelligence.

The Fire Fire Tiger's body exceeding three meters in length, sending out flames from its whole body, is truly an imposing sight, however Lin Xuan could care less, since it simply had the mind of a domestic animal, and although Lin Xuan was looked down upon by the others in the school, he was still at the end of the day a legitimate disciple.

Each spirit beast at the school knew the characteristics of all the disciples, as they had the relevant information imprinted into their minds , so that the beasts would be able to distinguish between outsiders and students.

The Fierce Fire tiger, after arriving in front of Lin Xuan roars lowly, however Lin Xuan's appearance is undisturbed, and as the Spirit beat examines Lin Xuan, the hostility in its eyes gradually fades away, quickly replaced by a pleased look, as it recognized Lin Xuan and moves to the side.

Once through the door, Lin Xuan arrives in the hall, Lin Xuan examines the surroundings. The entire library being divided into  three levels, the first level containing the most volumes and was open to all students. However most of the books on the first level are merely storybooks, and held little value to cultivators.

The true collection began on the second level, as they contained instructions for Alchemy, skill books, as well as different cultivation methods, and only foundation building experts and higher were allowed to borrow those books.

The defenses on the first level are even more powerful on the second level, as it is guarded by not only an Elder, but also layers upon layers of spirit formations.

As for the third level, that was where the most precious items were kept, they contained the cultivation manuals of each generation of school head for Cloud Valley, as well as the best training methods they discovered, only those accompanied by the school leader were allowed entrance there, as for the guard for the third layer, it was several high level monsters.

As each disciple was only allowed to borrow up to three books at a time, Lin Xuan began to carefully began to search of information.

As the entire first level occupied several thousand square feet, with rows of bookshelves, neatly organized, Lin Xuan begins on the left side and begins to scan titles.

"Tianshan Nine Yang Jue", "Unreliable Cloudy Daoist scripture", "Said that Queen of night Palm", "Evil spirit Reveres Overlord Fist" ...

A martial arts skill book, it is a common one to cultivators, but to common people who are unable to cultivate , it is a high level skill.

Lin Xuan shakes his head, and moves on to another corner.

"Herb Records," "13 Master Doctors," Golden Cut veins of the…."

Book after book, with hundreds of years of lost medical knowledge, but the knowledge contained within was useless to cultivators, as all it taught was how to make low level medicines, to cure various diseases of common people.

Looking at the next title, the corners of Lin Xuan's mouth reveal a sneer… no wonder these books are open to all disciples, they offer no value to cultivators, the books were all completely useless. and are simply kept here for appearance sake….

Cultivating truly follows the law of the jungle, to gain power and respect, you must first have the strength to take it, mindful of that point, Lin Xuan renews his determination to cultivate

A young man with no spiritual roots. A person who is thought of as trash by others. He constantly acquires various items thought of as waste by the cultivation world. No matter if it is garbage pills or useless materials, he will take them all!




Author: Magical Rain

Chapter 7: The Plan
I got a list of books to read from Dumbledore. 
'I think his eagerness to help me and keeping me close is because I am an enigma to him and he wants to monitor me. It's not like I am unhappy with this turn of events!'
The current librarian was not present there, her name was Madam Losky, who was 168 years old. I was really happy to see that she was on a sick leave. This could be a torture if I had to spend all my time talking to an old hag. I was thinking of how to get rid of her and take the control of this library. 
I had a room for myself in the castle! This room was connected to the library directly. And with normal human's standards, it was a luxurious one. With a private bathroom and shower. A king sized bed. Many closets and a private library and desk. 
"Can a castle elf help me?" 
With a pop, a house elf appeared in front of me. 
"What can I do for you Mr. Green?" 
"Do you have any food available in the kitchen?"
"Of course, Muddy will bring you food." 
And he popped out and popped in after two minutes with a small table which was decorated with different food. 
"Thank you Muddy. That'll be all. I'll call you to take the table away."
"Ok Mr. Green."
I started to eat like I never had a mouth before. The previous owner of this body mostly ate the food from the orphanage which barely had a taste. So this was a heavenly feast for my taste buds. 
'I need a plan to progress, physically, mentally and magically. Maybe I should non-magical fights into the mix. Like the mastery of Chi. But first of all, I need to improve my VIT for the deals and learn as much as I can from this library.'   
I was a bit disappointed to see that this was a B grade library. But it just meant that there are better things out there when I finish everything here. 
'System, how are the libraries graded? And is there a way to increase the levels?' 
{The magic libraries are graded as listed below: 
E Level: Enough knowledge to familiarize yourself with a school of magic and adept level knowledge.
D level: Enough knowledge to reach a mastery in a branch of magic in one school of magic. 
C level: Enough knowledge to reach multiple mastery in different branches of magic in one school of magic.
B level: Enough knowledge to reach to Grandmaster level in one school of magic.
A level: Enough knowledge to reach to Grandmaster level in multiple schools of magic.
S level: Enough knowledge to make a normal person ignite a spark of the divinity of magic. 
For non-magical knowledge it goes nearly the same, just that the spark of divinity would be based on the knowledge. To improve the library you need to bring more knowledge to it.} 
'That's troublesome. heh, I might have Shikamaru Nara's blood in me' 
I remembered something else that I saw and asked.
'System what is conquering the library? And what are the results'
 {If host reads all the books in the libraries that are B level or higher, his control over the library increases and based on how much new knowledge he gained, he might get a perk, a skill, or possible other rewards.}
'Cool'
I finished my food and called muddy to take to table. It was time to get started. 
'I remember that I raised the WIS by using wisdom in decisions, so I'll probably be able to also increase my physical stats too, so the system points for when I level up is just a bonus, and my own training will result in different increase of power. I need VIT!' 
[+1 WIS for understanding the system.] 
'Good' 
System approved my theory and I had a plan! I wrote the plan on a piece of paper that I found on my desk. 
8am-12am: attending the library and studying. 
12am-1pm: lunch time + meditation. 
1-6pm: library again and continue the study
6-9pm: dinner, socializing, maybe if I have anything to do outside?
9-12pm: magical training (In the room of requirement probably) 
12pm-5am: physical training 
5-6 am: shower and morning meditation.
6-8am: breakfast, socializing, talking to Tom? Maybe explore the castle? Or I should do that at night? Talking to Dumbledore? Let's see what happens *smiley**smiley* 
Then I drew a picture of a penis under the name of Dumbledore. I laughed inside a bit. 
'I haven't joined the Wizarding community yet, and I've gone nuts in my first day.' 
"Let the trainings begin!" 
Well, I didn't train right away! Tom came looking for me and he wanted to take me on a tour to show me around Hogwarts. I gladly accepted his offer. It would be really annoying to get lost in this castle! 
Why the Fuck they don't have elevators?! With my pathetic 1point of VIT and measly 5stamina, I was out of breath from each stairs that we went up. The castle, like the alley, was way bigger than what shown in the movie or described in the book. Most parts of the castle was empty, who knew what kind of shits were going on there. This helped the students make study groups, clubs, secret societies, black market and things like that. Most of these were safe but some of these clubs had dangerous knowledge, he told me that 4 years before he starts the Hogwarts a secret club that studied rituals and blood magic wanted to increase their physical strength which lead to sacrificing a student. 
Scary! I should try to be careful, I don't have enough knowledge or power to ignore these kind or threats. If a pure blood student with access to his family's lore took a grudge, I could be cursed to death without knowing who it was. 
The idea of secret societies gave me some ideas on how to use it for my own ends. 
Our tour finished before the curfew and I told him how I needed to focus on my studies and I was couple of years behind, so we might only have time to meet during/after breakfast and dinner. 
He understood as he was a studious student himself. 
"Now that I don't have the project of "Making Tom a Wizard" I don't know what I should focus on." 
I said "Maybe the Mind Arts? I talked to Dumbledore about Occlumency and he said it can protect your mind. It seems like my mind has a natural defense. It would be really scary for people to take a peek at your thoughts or even control them! I might spend a time on that myself. And the runes also look intriguing." 
"Yeah, I might. Now that I have you I don't need to get into trouble of getting the restricted sections book!" he said with a grin and we laughed. 
It was getting dark. And my first trainings started.  


 
 


After saving a person from Truck-kun, the damn truck went rogue to kill me, and sent me to the void to be tortured. But Creator took a pity on me and saved me. Gave me some wishes and sent me to different version of Marvel world. 

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My first novel and of course English is not my first language. 
And the update won’t be regular. 


Tags: Reincarnation, System, Marvel, Harry Potter, Supernatural, R-18
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, not the cover, not any of the stories that I used. Not even my OCs! don’t sue me. Just a fan fiction. Chill.

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